Last Updated on 1st February 2023

HWID (hardware) bans on Call of Duty Vanguard are the hardest to bypass since, apart from your IP address being banned, there are also one or multiple hardware parts with unique identifiers(IDs) blocked by Call of Duty Vanguard. Game companies are looking for better and more effective ways to ban cheaters in-game that’s why a lot of them, including Call of Duty Vanguard, have started HWID banning players based on their hardware parts permanently in the last few years.

While as I said above, the Call of Duty Vanguard hardware id ban mainly applies to cheaters in-game and people who break the rules. But there are some cases when users will get hardware banned without an obvious reason.

Whatever your case may be, in this article, you will find all the information you need to spoof and change your hardware IDs to bypass an HWID ban in Call of Duty Vanguard. You will get un hardware banned in Call of Duty Vanguard. This process will take some time, so you have to be patient and careful with the instructions below.

This method will not unban your Call of Duty Vanguard account, but it will allow you to play again on your PC permanently.

To get unbanned from the hardware ban on Call of Duty Vanguard with 100% success, you should do every step of this guide in the same order as shown below and not skip a single one. If you miss anything, you’ll most likely fail to get unbanned on Call of Duty Vanguard, and you will have to redo everything.

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The content you will find in this post is for educational and research purposes only.

You are not encouraged to use these methods or techniques.

I’ve collected into a folder all the files and tools you will need to change your HWIDs, and IP / MAC addresses, and bypass the HWID ban on Call of Duty Vanguard. The same exact method can be used to bypass hardware ban in any game.

Download the files, extract them, and move the HWID Bypass folder to your C: drive.

Step 1 – Uninstall Call of Duty Vanguard and clear all traces.

The first and most important thing you’ll have to do when you are hardware banned on Call of Duty Vanguard is to completely uninstall Call of Duty Vanguard and make sure to clear every single file related to them. We want to ensure that no files are left on the PC that could link you back to the hardware id ban.

Navigate to the Control Panel and choose the option Programs.

Next, click on Programs & Features option.

Locate Call of Duty Vanguard, right-click on it, and choose Uninstall.

Now let’s start clearing up all trace files left on your PC. Please double-click each shortcut on the first folder of the files, look for folders/files related to Call of Duty Vanguard, and delete them.

These are the locations you will find in the shortcuts:

• C:\Program Files (x86)
• C:\Program Files
• C:\%userprofile%\Documents\
• C:\%localappdata%
• C:\%programdata%
• C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local
• + more every time they get updated.

Once you delete everything related to Call of Duty Vanguard from all these locations, the next thing you will have to do is to delete some leftovers in the registry.

Press Windows Key + R, and type Regedit.

A window should pop up. You will have to do now to copy each of the locations below, paste them into the registry search bar, and then look for any folders related to Call of Duty Vanguard and delete them.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\
• HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\
• + more locations on the files.

At each location, you will see a lot of folders on the left side.

Right-click on any folder related to Call of Duty Vanguard and choose Delete.

Step 2 – Change your Disk’s Serial Number

VolumeID by Microsoft is used to change the disk’s serial number/ID.

Hard drives are one of the most common hardware parts that get blacklisted on an Call of Duty Vanguard hardware ban. Luckily, changing your hard drives’ serial number is effortless to do, and it won’t cause any issues on your hard drives or files if you follow the steps below.

Below you can find how to change the serial numbers of all of your hard drives.

Navigate to the folder with the previously downloaded files and go to “Step 2 Folder“. You should see a file named “Change Disk IDs“. Right-click on it, and choose “Run as administrator“.

It will open a command prompt with all your drives, and you will be asked which drive ID you want to change. Type just the letter of the Drive and hit enter.

Press any key to continue, and your HDD/SSD SN should be changed(you will see the confirmation message).

Do the same thing for the other drives once you get a message that the drive ID has been changed successfully. Once you’ve changed all your HDD/SSD ids, move on to the next step of the guide.

If you want to change the Drive ID manually or revert the changes, follow the steps below:

Run the “Change Disk IDs.cmd” file as administrator and close it directly. We are doing this only to move the required files on the C drive.

Run CMD as administrator and type the following commands: 

• cd c:/
• Now for every disk that you have, type -> vol (Disk letter): for example, if you have two disks, let’s say, C & D. You will have to type the following commands: 
  • vol c:
  • vol d:
  • Copy the Volume Serial Number of your disks in a separate text file and save it.

• volumeid c: (type the Volume Serial Number you saved before, and change the last two digits to whatever you want) Example: If the previous Volume Serial Number was AB98-1233 , type the command -> volumeid c: AB98-1211
• Do the same for the rest of the disks(if you have any)
• You should get a message the volume id is updated.

Okay, that’s it, you’ve successfully changed the hard drives’ serial numbers IDs, and you are one step closer to getting permanently unbanned from Call of Duty Vanguard. 

Step 3 – Change the HWIDs of everything.

In this step, you will learn how to change your hardware ID(HWID) on every hardware part of your PC that Call of Duty Vanguard bans.

AMIWIN64 is used in this step.

If you didn’t download the files, these are the commands you need to use when you run AMIWIN64:

Run each command to see the current ID of each hardware part, and then type the command with the same number of characters as the default ID. (Make sure they are different.)

AMIDEWINx64.EXE /CS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /BS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /PSN
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /SS
AMIDEWINx64.EXE /SU

If you downloaded the files, do the following:

We will change every hardware ID that Call of Duty Vanguard flags on an HWID ban.

Navigate to “STEP 3 – Change HWIDS” folder, right-click on the “Change ALL HWIDs.cmd” file and choose “Run as administrator“.

Then you will be asked to press any key to continue changing your hardware parts IDs and the command prompt will show you upfront your new hardware IDs for every hardware part that was banned from Call of Duty Vanguard.

Once you press any button to continue, your Command Prompt should look like the one below.

You’ve successfully changed all your system hardware IDs, and you are ready to move on to the next step to permanently fix the ban on Call of Duty Vanguard.

Step 4 – Edit HWID Registry keys

Next, you will need to edit a few registry keys that could link you back to the Call of Duty Vanguard HWID ban.

Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to edit all registry keys that could link you back to the hardware id ban and get you in trouble again.

Press Win Key + R on your keyboard, and a small window on the bottom left should appear. Type “Regedit” and hit enter.

Now copy this path -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography and paste it into the search bar on the top side.

Go to the GUID Generator website, click the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.

On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “MachineGuid” key. Double-click on it, replace the GUID with the generated one and click OK.

Again, copy this path -> Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware Profiles\0001 and paste it into the search bar on the top side.

Go to the GUID Generator website, click the button to generate a new GUID, and copy it.

On the right side of the registry window, you should see the “HwProfileGuid” key. Double-click on it, replace the id with the generated one and click OK.

Now let’s move on to the next step!

Step 5 – Mask & Setup your IP Address

Your IP address is the most crucial security step that will make or break everything you did above to get unbanned from Call of Duty Vanguard. The best way to change your IP address is to use a VPN service or a proxy server(Proxys need an excellent setup to avoid disconnections and unhiding your IP, so let’s stick with the VPN).

I recommend using NordVPN because they have dedicated IP addresses which means that you will be the only person connecting to Call of Duty Vanguard from them.

Why is the dedicated IP important?

Because you will have a fresh IP address only for yourself that no one else can connect from.

The shared servers from all VPN services are public to everyone with a subscription, which means that the chances that someone already got a public IP banned from Call of Duty Vanguard are very high.

I can’t find a completely free working method to go around the ban, but this is the cheapest it can get. You can add the “Dedicated IP” option on the checkout page.

How to correctly set up the VPN to protect you from getting your actual IP address seen by Call of Duty Vanguard:

Step 6 – Change your MAC address.

The next thing that immediately gets banned by Call of Duty Vanguard after the IP address on any HWID ban is the MAC address, so you have to make sure you have a different one.

Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to change your MAC address on any Windows machine.

Navigate to Settings.

Click on Network & Internet.

Click on “Change adapter options“.

Right-click on your primary internet adapter and click on “Properties“.

Choose Client for Microsoft Networks, and click Configure.

Navigate to the Advanced tab and choose Network Address.

Now go to Browserling, generate a new mac address, copy it, and paste it into the Network address box.

Click OK, and you will be disconnected for a few seconds/minutes from the internet. No worries, it will get back up.

Now do the same thing for the NordVPN adapter. Right-Click on the NordVPN adapter and choose Properties.

Choose “Client for Microsoft Networks” and click “Configure“. Navigate to the Advanced tab, choose MAC Address, and paste a newly generated MAC address from the generator.

Once you’ve changed your ethernet/wifi adapter and the NordVPN’s adapter, MAC Address, proceed to the next step.

If the above method didn’t work for you or some options were missing

Download Technitium MAC Address Changer and follow the instructions below.

There is a program to change your MAC address in the previously downloaded files. Select your Network Connections, click on the “Random MAC Address” button, and click “Change Now!“.

Step 7 – Create or buy a new game account.

Now that you got everything ready, it’s time to create a new Call of Duty Vanguard account or buy a cheap one from one of these websites: MMOGA, MMOGAH.

Navigate to the Call of Duty Vanguard Official Website and create a new account with new details. 

TIPS:

• Use the most commonly used email providers ( Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Protonmail, etc.) Avoid temporary emails.
• The same goes for the phone number. Don’t use the free numbers you’ll find on websites. Instead, use a phone number you never used before, and get a cheap number from Tossable Digits or Hushed.
• Don’t use Russian Numbers until further notice.

Step 8 – Change Monitor HWID

In some rare cases, your monitor serial might also be a part of the HWID ban. I would say that it’s worth changing it since the process is straightforward and quick. To change your Monitors ID Serial, follow the steps below:

Navigate to the folder -> STEP 9 – Change Monitor HWID, right-click on CRU.exe, and choose “Run as Administrator“.

On the top side of the Custom Resolution Utility app, choose your Monitor/s and click on the “Edit” button.

Change the value of the ID Serial and click OK.

Step 9 – Hide Mouse, Keyboard, and Controller serial numbers.

Getting your mouse, keyboard, controller, and other peripherals banned or flagged is rare, and it mostly happens in manual HWID bans. Since it will only take one to two minutes to hide all your peripheral serial numbers, I recommend doing it to be safe.

Below you can find step-by-step instructions on how to spoof and change your mouse, keyboard, controller, and any computer peripheral ID/Serial Number:

Navigate to the “STEP 10 – Change Mouse, Keyboard, Controller, SNs” folder or download USBDeview, right-click on USBDeview.exe , and choose “Run as administrator“.

Locate your Mouse, right-click on it, and select “Open In RegEdit“.

Right-click on the marked folder on Registry Editor and choose “Permissions“. A window will pop up, and you should find the “Read” column and tick the “Deny” option. Once you do that, click Apply and OK.

Repeat the same steps for your keyboard and controller(if you have one).

Step 10 – Download and Install the game.

Now it’s time to go ahead and download Call of Duty Vanguard and install it on your computer.

Please navigate to the official website of Call of Duty Vanguard, download it, install it, and log in with your new account.

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