Discover how Microsoft is strengthening KMS activation by introducing hardware-based trust and TPM verification to combat forged licensing servers.
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Microsoft changed the KMS activation mechanism in Windows 11 (Build 26040+), removing the license transfer that KMS38 exploited, effectively breaking the activation method.