Today i will discuss a method to crack AOMEI Partition Assistant Server Edition version 10 using the cfg.ini file.
Dont worry, this app also supports Windows 10/11, not only Windows Server. Tested on AOMEI Partition Assistant Server Edition version 10.4.1 on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2022.
Disclaimer: this is for educational purposes only!
To obtain the installer, you can directly download from AOMEI's official sites to make sure that the installer is not infected with malware and you can get the most up to date version.
https://www2.aomeisoftware.com/download/pa/PAssist_SrvDemo.exe
or
https://www.diskpart.com/ss/download/pa/PAssist_SrvDemo.exe
Before installing, let's create a firewall rule to prevent AOMEI Partition Assistant Server Edition 10 from connecting to the internet.
This is done by blocking the executable PartAssist.exe using Windows Firewall.
Open a PowerShell window as Administrator and execute the following commands.
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="AOMEI PA Server - Block Inbound" dir=in program="C:\Program Files (x86)\AOMEI Partition Assistant\PartAssist.exe" action=block
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="AOMEI PA Server - Block Outbound" dir=out program="C:\Program Files (x86)\AOMEI Partition Assistant\PartAssist.exe" action=block
For 32-bit Windows, just replace Program Files (x86) with Program Files.
Install it as per usual, but do not run it after installing.
When you reach this screen, do not click on Enjoy Now, instead, just close the installer using the X button on the top right corner.
If you mistakenly clicked on Enjoy Now button, it will run in Demo mode but thats okay you can just close it. Although it might add some entries to the cfg.ini file so yours might be slightly different from the example below. Therefore just make sure to not run it to keep the stock cfg.ini file.
You will need a key that you can find on Google or from this gist.
For this example, i will use this key AOSR-TWL6V-7W3J4-YG99Q.
Now open the cfg.ini file on C:\Program Files (x86)\AOMEI Partition Assistant\cfg.ini and add the following line.
[CONFIG]
KEY=AOSR-TWL6V-7W3J4-YG99Q
Now you can launch the program and it should be activated.
https://gist.github.com/Hardikanand1st/5ce1db4cfc153dc1f55cfc0c60fab3f4