How to get rid of HWID Bans (2024)

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Since a new thread is made everyday on how to get rid of HWID bans, I'm going to make this short post on how to get about getting around the ban.

First step: Download Revo Uninstaller (preferably Pro edition) and use the Advanced scan function to uninstall both EFT and BSG Launcher (make sure to disable the system restore points)

After this: you have a couple of options:

1. Use a spoofer. A spoofer is a software that will "spoof" or change your drive/mobo/uuid etc. serials on your pc for a temporary time (or permanent, depending on your spoofer) and make it so when BattlEye checks your serials the next time you play, they won't be the banned serials from your HWID ban. Most spoofers are temporary, meaning when you restart your PC, the original serials will come back.

2. Swap out your drives. Whichever drives you had plugged in at the time of the ban, unplug them and replace them with new ones. You cannot switch just one of the drives, if you had two plugged in for example. They all have to be switched.

3. Raid0 your drives. If you have two+ drives, you are able to raid0 them and essentially make your drive serials all 0's. This is a good method, but be wary that no one knows for sure if BattlEye tracks only drive serials.

Reformatting Windows: I am going to mention here that in the past, I have observed people do the above steps (revo uninstall, use a spoofer, etc.) and still get HWID banned on Tarkov after an hour of playing. Upon further experimenting, we found that some users who have activated Windows Licenses have been getting HWID banned off that as well. It's recommended to reformat your Windows if this is the case, and personally I do not activate a Windows key to avoid this trouble.

If I have missed something, or you have some more insight, please share and let me know as I will edit this post

If you were looking for more info on bans themselves, etc., I would read this post by @ here:

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Originally Posted by hughjanus0

Since a new thread is made everyday on how to get rid of HWID bans, I'm going to make this short post on how to get about getting around the ban.

First step: Download Revo Uninstaller (preferably Pro edition) and use the Advanced scan function to uninstall both EFT and BSG Launcher (make sure to disable the system restore points)

After this: you have a couple of options:

1. Use a spoofer. A spoofer is a software that will "spoof" or change your drive/mobo/uuid etc. serials on your pc for a temporary time (or permanent, depending on your spoofer) and make it so when BattlEye checks your serials the next time you play, they won't be the banned serials from your HWID ban. Most spoofers are temporary, meaning when you restart your PC, the original serials will come back.

2. Swap out your drives. Whichever drives you had plugged in at the time of the ban, unplug them and replace them with new ones. You cannot switch just one of the drives, if you had two plugged in for example. They all have to be switched.

3. Raid0 your drives. If you have two+ drives, you are able to raid0 them and essentially make your drive serials all 0's. This is a good method, but be wary that no one knows for sure if BattlEye tracks only drive serials.

Reformatting Windows: I am going to mention here that in the past, I have observed people do the above steps (revo uninstall, use a spoofer, etc.) and still get HWID banned on Tarkov after an hour of playing. Upon further experimenting, we found that some users who have activated Windows Licenses have been getting HWID banned off that as well. It's recommended to reformat your Windows if this is the case, and personally I do not activate a Windows key to avoid this trouble.

If you were looking for more info on bans themselves, etc., I would read this post by @Omegaberg here: https://www.elitepvpers.com/forum/es...ing-about.html

At least someone is being honest on their post

Most likely this hugh's products are honest from what I've experience from him. This guy knows what's what and cult, I'm pretty sure they're honest to their customers as how responded to my thread. What I provided is sole honesty and to help customers/people being a vicitim to "undetected" traps from providers. Most of people nowadays are looking for safety not just having fun. Having fun while being safe is the outmost "fun" for a user. kudos to hugh for pushing our voice to people/new users who's looking for learning how to get rid of HWID. I also suggest trying out their product as cult has been honest to everyone and that's the most important thing as a provider.

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Originally Posted by hughjanus

Reformatting Windows: I am going to mention here that in the past, I have observed people do the above steps (revo uninstall, use a spoofer, etc.) and still get HWID banned on Tarkov after an hour of playing. Upon further experimenting, we found that some users who have activated Windows Licenses have been getting HWID banned off that as well. It's recommended to reformat your Windows if this is the case, and personally I do not activate a Windows key to avoid this trouble.

Are they tracking the product key? if so. cant i just change my product key of windows and be fine? or do i have to reinstall windows

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Originally Posted by Hamstermeme

Are they tracking the product key? if so. cant i just change my product key of windows and be fine? or do i have to reinstall windows

It's been some time since I've played, but as mentioned it was an observation that they were potentially banning product keys. Either way, a full Windows reformat is a good way to clear traces when trying to deal with HWID bans. It won't change your serials but get rids of all other traces

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Originally Posted by Hamstermeme

Are they tracking the product key? if so. cant i just change my product key of windows and be fine? or do i have to reinstall windows

You can easily change your product key/ID. You can use public KMS keys which are listed on or just find one publicly available on Google that is for your edition of Windows.

slmgr /upkslmgr /ipk {windows_key}slmgr /skms s9.us.toslmgr /ato

From what I understand this is the information that EFT can grab using the Unity engine.

Keep in mind this is only related to launcher bans which are rare but do happen if you **** off BSG. BE bans only grab disk drive serials. RAID0 basically makes it nulled out.

From what I've been told and read on other forums if you get reported/flagged BSG will manually check your serials that are logged. So, if you're banned on one account with the same serials that match and they're logged they'll manually ban you.

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