d/general· u/reboot_testerOP·3 days ago

Permanent vs temporary HWID spoofer?

Guide Q&A

Marketing says “permanent” but my IDs flipped back after Windows update. What should I actually expect after reboot?

Based on: Permanent vs temporary HWID spoofer

Forum replies 8

Community, OP & moderators

u/SpoofersMod Moderator 1 day ago 38 pts

Temporary tools revert on reboot; persistent profiles aim to hold selected identifiers until you restore. The guide explains which components behave which way on Windows 11.

u/reboot_tester OP 22 hours ago 8 pts

Perfect — I kept skipping the cold reboot before. Will follow this order tonight.

u/SpoofersMod Moderator 1 day ago 22 pts

Marketing labels are not guarantees—trust the diff report.

u/win11_patch_day 20 hours ago 5 pts

KB update reset one MAC field — re-ran apply and diff looked good again.

u/SpoofersMod Moderator 15 hours ago 12 pts

Read motherboard UUID and BIOS spoofing explained for board-level details.

u/reboot_tester OP 12 hours ago 6 pts

I re-verify after every cumulative update now.

u/restore_button 13 hours ago 6 pts

Restore originals worked when I needed to RMA a drive — good safety net.

u/label_skeptic 8 hours ago 7 pts

Diff report > marketing copy. Permanent only means what the checker shows.