>A Global Device ID (GDID) is a permanent, unique digital fingerprint that Microsoft automatically assigns to your computer when you install Windows or sign into a Microsoft account.
Note the "or"
I own a Windows 10 machine which has never signed into a Microsoft account. It still has a GDID in the registry.
Sources state the opposite. It is driven my the MS account.
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disa...
>A Global Device ID (GDID) is a permanent, unique digital fingerprint that Microsoft automatically assigns to your computer when you install Windows or sign into a Microsoft account.
Note the "or"
I own a Windows 10 machine which has never signed into a Microsoft account. It still has a GDID in the registry.
What's your point? There are thousands of GUIDs in the registry.
1 reply →