How to Clean Your PC After a Ban

🧹 Why You Need to Clean Your PC After a Ban

When you get banned in a modern game, the ban isn't just tied to your account — it's tied to your hardware. Games like Valorant, Warzone, Fortnite, and Apex fingerprint dozens of hardware identifiers. Creating a new account on the same machine results in an instant ban because your hardware is flagged.

🔍 What Gets Fingerprinted

• Disk serial numbers: Manufacturer serial and Windows volume serial of all drives
• MAC addresses: All network adapters — Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth
• Motherboard serial: Via WMI or SMBIOS tables
• CPU identifier: Processor ID from CPUID instruction
• RAM serial numbers: Individual DIMM serials from SPD data
• GPU identifier: Device ID, driver version, VBIOS serial
• Windows installation ID: MachineGUID, ProductId, InstallDate
• BIOS/UEFI serial: System UUID and serial from SMBIOS
• Monitor EDID: Display serial numbers
• USB device history: Registry records of previously connected USB devices

📋 Step 1: Registry Cleaning

MachineGUID

At HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\MachineGuid — one of the most checked identifiers. Generate a new random GUID.

Windows Product ID

At HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductId. Also check DigitalProductId entries.

Hardware Profile GUID

At HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware Profiles\0001\HwProfileGuid.

Network Adapter History

Delete subkeys under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\.

Game-Specific Entries

• Valorant: HKCU\Software\Riot Games\ and HKLM\SOFTWARE\Riot Vanguard\
• EAC games: Remove HKLM\SOFTWARE\EasyAntiCheat\
• BattlEye games: Remove HKLM\SOFTWARE\BattlEye\

📋 Step 2: Change MAC Addresses

1. Open Device Manager → Network Adapters
2. Right-click adapter → Properties → Advanced
3. Find "Network Address" — enter new 12-character hex value
4. Repeat for every adapter including WiFi

📋 Step 3: Change Disk Serial Numbers

Volume Serial Number

Use VolumeID from Sysinternals: volumeid C: ABCD-1234. Change every partition.

Physical Disk Serial

Burned into firmware — harder to change. HWID spoofers intercept API calls returning fake values instead.

📋 Step 4: Spoof Motherboard and BIOS Serials

• Registry approach: Modify values under HKLM\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\
• Driver-level spoofing: Kernel driver hooks SMBIOS data provider
• BIOS modification: Some motherboards allow SMBIOS modification through BIOS tools (advanced, risks bricking)

📋 Step 5: Clean Remaining Traces

• Delete %TEMP% and C:\Windows\Temp
• Delete Prefetch files: C:\Windows\Prefetch\
• Clean shader caches
• Clear Windows Event Logs: wevtutil cl System, wevtutil cl Application
• Disable pagefile temporarily, reboot, re-enable
• Delete hiberfil.sys: powercfg -h off

📋 Step 6: Fresh Windows Installation (Nuclear Option)

A clean install handles most software traces but doesn't change hardware serials. You still need HWID spoofing.

1. Use a fresh Windows ISO from Microsoft
2. Full format the drive (generates new volume serial)
3. Use a different or no Microsoft account
4. Don't install games until spoofing tools are set up
5. Use a VPN for the new account

⚠️ Common Mistakes

• Forgetting one identifier: Missing even one can re-flag your machine
• Using the same IP: Use a VPN
• Same payment method: Don't use the same card for the new game copy
• Same email patterns: Use completely unrelated emails
• Linking accounts: Don't link to same Steam, Discord, or social media

Final Checklist

1. ✅ Registry cleaned (MachineGUID, ProductID, Hardware Profile)
2. ✅ MAC addresses changed on all adapters
3. ✅ Disk volume serials changed
4. ✅ HWID spoofer active for physical serials and SMBIOS
5. ✅ Anti-cheat remnants removed
6. ✅ Temp files, prefetch, caches cleared
7. ✅ VPN active with clean IP
8. ✅ New email and payment method

Follow every step and your machine appears as a completely new PC. Skip steps and you'll be banned again within minutes.