d/general· u/reinstall_twiceOP·3 days ago

Full Windows reinstall vs HWID spoofer

Guide Q&A

Reinstalled Windows twice and still HWID banned in Apex. Is spoof the next step or did I miss cleaner?

Based on: Windows reinstallation vs HWID spoofer

Forum replies 8

Community, OP & moderators

u/SpoofersMod Moderator 1 day ago 38 pts

Reinstalling Windows refreshes software state but may leave the same physical serials anti-cheat already flagged. Spoofing targets those identifiers directly.

u/reinstall_twice 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

Reinstall can still help remove leftover files when paired with cleaners on EAC titles.

u/time_vs_money 17 hours ago 5 pts

Spoof + verify took an evening; reinstall + games took two days for me.

u/SpoofersMod Moderator 15 hours ago 12 pts

Compare effort and downtime in the full article before choosing a path.

u/reinstall_twice OP 12 hours ago 6 pts

Same math — spoof was faster than another clean install.

u/serial_same 12 hours ago 6 pts

My disk serial was identical post-reinstall until spoofer changed it.

u/combo_path 6 hours ago 7 pts

Did reinstall for junk files + spoofer for IDs. Combo worked on EAC.