--- wslbridge2/src/wslbridge2.cpp	2024-10-10 20:20:21.931891800 +0000
+++ wslbridge2-0.12/src/wslbridge2.cpp	2024-10-08 09:31:35.954145800 +0000
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ static void start_dummy(std::wstring wsl
     CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
 }
 
+bool GetIdFromRegistry(GUID *guid) {
+    HKEY hKeyRoot = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
+    std::wstring subKey = L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\HostComputeService\\VolatileStore\\ComputeSystem";
+    HKEY hKey;
+    if (RegOpenKeyEx(hKeyRoot, subKey.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+        DWORD index = 0;
+        WCHAR keyName[256];
+        DWORD keyNameSize = sizeof(keyName) / sizeof(keyName[0]);
+
+        while (RegEnumKeyEx(hKey, index, keyName, &keyNameSize, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+            RegCloseKey(hKey);
+            std::wstring id = L"{" + std::wstring(keyName) + L"}";
+            return IIDFromString(id.c_str(), guid) == S_OK;
+        }
+        RegCloseKey(hKey);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     /* Minimum requirement Windows 10 build 17763 aka. version 1809 */
@@ -387,8 +407,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         if (LiftedWSLVersion)
             start_dummy(wslPath, wslCmdLine, distroName, debugMode);
 
-        const HRESULT hRes = GetVmId(&DistroId, &VmId, LiftedWSLVersion);
-        if (hRes != 0)
+        const bool hRes = GetIdFromRegistry(&VmId);
+        if (!hRes)
             fatal("GetVmId: %s\n", GetErrorMessage(hRes).c_str());
 
         inputSock = win_vsock_create();