Reimage Pc Repair Keygen Crack Serials
Rapheal Charlton
Repairing Autopilot enrolled devices is complex, as it tries to balance OEM requirements with Windows Autopilot requirements. Specifically, OEM requirements include strict uniqueness across motherboards, MAC addresses, etc. Windows Autopilot requires strict uniqueness at the hardware hash level for each device to enable successful registration. The hardware hash doesn't always accommodate all the OEM hardware component requirements. These requirements are sometimes at odds, which can cause issues with some repair scenarios. The hardware hash is also known as the hardware ID.
Because the repair facility doesn't have the user's sign-in credentials, they have to reimage the device as part of the repair process. The customer should do three things before sending the device to the facility:
Repair and key replacement processes vary between facilities. Sometimes repair facilities receive motherboard spare parts from OEMs that have replacement DPKs already injected, but sometimes not. Sometimes repair facilities receive fully functional BIOS tools from OEMs, but sometimes not. The quality of the data in the BIOS after a motherboard replacement varies. To ensure the repaired device are still Autopilot capable following its repair, check to make sure the new post-repair BIOS can successfully gather and populate the following information at a minimum:
Repair technicians must sign in to the repaired device to capture the new device ID. If the repair technician doesn't have access to the customer's sign-in credentials, they have to reimage the device to gain access:
Ideally, the same Windows version that was originally on the device should be reimaged onto the device. Some coordination is required between the repair facility and customer to capture this information at the time the device arrives for repair. Such coordination might include the customer sending the repair facility a customized image (.ppk file) via a USB stick, for example.
If the repair facility can't run the OA3 tool or PowerShell script to capture the new 4K HH, then the OEM or CSP partners must do it for them. Without some entity capturing the new 4K HH, there's no way to reregister this device as an Autopilot device.
When a repaired device is reregistering through MPC, the uploaded csv file must contain the 4K HH for the device, and not just the PKID or Tuple (SerialNumber + OEMName + ModelName). If only the PKID or Tuple was used, the Autopilot service would be unable to find a match in the Autopilot database. No match would be found because no 4K HH info was previously submitted for this essentially "new" device and the upload fails, likely returning a ZtdDeviceNotFound error. For this reason, only upload the 4K HH. Don't upload the Tuple or PKID.
The repair facility must reset the image back to a pre-OOBE state before returning it to the customer. This reset is needed because the device was required to be in Full OS or Audit Mode to capture the 4K HH. One way to reset the image is by using the built-in reset feature in Windows.
However, the repair facility most likely doesn't have access to Windows because they lack the user credentials to sign in. In this case, they need to use other means to reimage the device, such as the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool:
If the repair facility didn't reimage the device, they could be sending it back in a potentially broken state. For example, there's no way to log into the device because it's dissociated from the only known user account.
And, unless they are an authorized Apple repair place, they would most likely not have access to Apple OEM parts. Even Apple may use refurbished parts in repairs (it is mentioned in the warranty terms).
An official Apple Authorized Service Provider will only replace the Logic Board with the exact same type that shipped from the factory. Apple won't allow an AASP to do anything else. An AASP has access to a special piece of software that allows them to program the system serial number to the replacement Logic Board. If the shop you had repair the laptop is saying they are an official AASP (or even hinting at it), then you need to contact Apple to report what happened to you.
I can see an independent shop could perform the repair like you have described, but this should be clearly told to the customer before any work is performed. If the shop is not trying to insinuate they are an official AASP, then you should go back to them and demand they restore your laptop to its original condition and get a full refund. Tell them they did not inform you of the repair would involve a hacked together system. If they are unable to restore your system, then ask them to install the correct Logic Board for your 2017 Air (including CPU speed and memory). Unfortunately your serial number will still be incorrect since this shop does not have access to the necessary software to program the serial number on the replacement Logic Board.
You may need to take legal action against them if the shop mislead you in any way or omitted crucial information about performing this type of hacked together repair. Definitely speak to the shop manager and/or owner. Try to be polite.
Some NAS models cannot be recovered manually using any of the guides in this FAQ or other manual methods, and the NAS device will have to be physically serviced by a qualified hardware technician for physical repair. This applies to the following NAS models:
To add the serial information to the new .bin file, you can either use a hex editor or you can use UEFITool. I just went ahead and used HxD, a hex editor, and copied over the serial information (which in my case was the data from hex address 00000000 to 0002a000) to the new BIOS image. Your hex addresses may be different, and in that case, you can request help from members of servers that specialize in these types of repairs for more help as to how to properly extract serial information.
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