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> fairly certain you can't use Microsoft downloaded iso for an oem ISOs downloaded through Microsoft's Windows Media Creation Tool [1] will read the product ke

> fairly certain you can't use Microsoft downloaded iso for an oem ISOs downloaded through Microsoft's Windows Media Creation Tool [1] will read the product key from the BIOS of OEM PCs that were sold with Windows 10 and will auto-activate when connected to the Internet. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

joecool1029 8y ago
Yeah that's for Windows 10 (and 8)with UEFI and secureboot. This is a recycler and the systems described are mostly win7 and xp sp3. I don't think that installer will work for SLIC OEM keys in oldskool bios.
- syshum 8y ago
  BIOS embedded Lic started to appear with windows 7. Windows XP did not have have BIOS embedded Software Licenses but windows 7 did via some vendors (Dell was one of them)
  - joecool1029 8y ago
    I'm aware and being careful to distinguish retail from large OEM's. The large OEM's had embedded strings in their bios (SLIC/SLP), a cert on the installer, and a coa slapped on the case somewhere Vista had slic keys as well. XP had SLP oem keys which I'm a bit less familiar with. This site is like a black hole of messy information on the topic: http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ Somewhere deep in the bowels of it is a section on how to tell which version of windows (xp/vista/7) your oem system is licensed up to. It involves using rw-everything and looking at sliic table version. I have upgraded a dell vista system to a valid 7 license in the past by doing official bios update (updates the slic version) and doing a clean install.
    - arthurfm 8y ago
      > It involves using rw-everything and looking at SLIC table version. There's a much easier method that automates all of that for you: the Multi-OEM/Retail Project (MRP) [1]. This queries the SLIC or MSDM tables for you during the installation of Windows and enables you to create a single DVD or USB drive that works with OEM PCs from 131 different manufacturers. All you have to do is copy the included '$oem$' folder to the 'sources' folder of your Windows 10, 8.x, 7 or Windows Vista ISO/USB and it takes care of the rest. The MRP is designed to determine what motherboard manufacturer is fitted and find the DMI, (board information), to then check against a database to pick the right theme, logo's etc. Along side this, if the computer has either a MSDM key or SLIC within the bios, to check that against the database and attempt to allow LEGAL activation as the Computer's OEM suppliers would do. For those with a Windows 10 Digital Licence (HWID), or MSDM key your computer should auto-activate when you go online, providing you have installed the correct Edition for the HWID/MSDM key. [1] https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/multi-oem-retail-project-mrp-mk3.71555/ https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/multi-oem-retail-pr...
  - djsumdog 8y ago
    Aren't Win10 licenses tied to both the serial in the UEFI and the CPU ID (so if you need to replace one or the other, it will still activate?)

joecool1029 8y ago

Yeah that's for Windows 10 (and 8)with UEFI and secureboot. This is a recycler and the systems described are mostly win7 and xp sp3. I don't think that installer will work for SLIC OEM keys in oldskool bios.

syshum 8y ago
BIOS embedded Lic started to appear with windows 7. Windows XP did not have have BIOS embedded Software Licenses but windows 7 did via some vendors (Dell was one of them)
- joecool1029 8y ago
  I'm aware and being careful to distinguish retail from large OEM's. The large OEM's had embedded strings in their bios (SLIC/SLP), a cert on the installer, and a coa slapped on the case somewhere Vista had slic keys as well. XP had SLP oem keys which I'm a bit less familiar with. This site is like a black hole of messy information on the topic: http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ Somewhere deep in the bowels of it is a section on how to tell which version of windows (xp/vista/7) your oem system is licensed up to. It involves using rw-everything and looking at sliic table version. I have upgraded a dell vista system to a valid 7 license in the past by doing official bios update (updates the slic version) and doing a clean install.
  - arthurfm 8y ago
    > It involves using rw-everything and looking at SLIC table version. There's a much easier method that automates all of that for you: the Multi-OEM/Retail Project (MRP) [1]. This queries the SLIC or MSDM tables for you during the installation of Windows and enables you to create a single DVD or USB drive that works with OEM PCs from 131 different manufacturers. All you have to do is copy the included '$oem$' folder to the 'sources' folder of your Windows 10, 8.x, 7 or Windows Vista ISO/USB and it takes care of the rest. The MRP is designed to determine what motherboard manufacturer is fitted and find the DMI, (board information), to then check against a database to pick the right theme, logo's etc. Along side this, if the computer has either a MSDM key or SLIC within the bios, to check that against the database and attempt to allow LEGAL activation as the Computer's OEM suppliers would do. For those with a Windows 10 Digital Licence (HWID), or MSDM key your computer should auto-activate when you go online, providing you have installed the correct Edition for the HWID/MSDM key. [1] https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/multi-oem-retail-project-mrp-mk3.71555/ https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/multi-oem-retail-pr...
- djsumdog 8y ago
  Aren't Win10 licenses tied to both the serial in the UEFI and the CPU ID (so if you need to replace one or the other, it will still activate?)