The system is always activated using the HwID.Įxample, enter a Genuine Retail key once and get the HwID. is skipped), only the key licensing channel is still important. From that time, keys of the Retail type are no longer online checked (check 2. Windows 10 only: Once you entered a Genuine key (one passing both checks), your system gets assigned an HwID (hardware ID) aka Digital License (aka Digital Entitlement). Hard blocked keys are always rejected here.Ģ-A. If yes, that key works for online activation.
At activation time, MS servers verify that the key was indeed provided by them with a license. This was also the only check performed up to and including Windows 2000.Ģ. Note that keys passing the offline check can be generated fairly easily. Keys that pass this check can be used at least for installing the OS. THIS is the only check the PID checkers can do* (hence the name). Preliminary check if the key passes the rules of a valid product key, using algorithms provided by system DLLs and components (pidgenx.dll etc.). Keys have two stages where validity is checked:ġ.
There is just a general misunderstanding of the matter, that's all.
