Can anyone confirm/deny the validity of these methods or make suggestions on how to better accomplish activation after a reinstall? I am mainly concerned with XP since the information I have found is rather scattered and I am not sure if its possible to activate a "royalty free OEM" using a generic OEM/retail disk install and Windows Key Update Tool or if I would need to use one of the old methods of backing up the files and altering the install disk.
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If there are any known issues with activation on any version using the windows images/techniques I listed can someone please elaborate on them. I am asking because I started a new job that requires re-installing every version of windows on various computers that have OEM and retail versions.
After a fresh install, the system does not auto activate and when one tries to enter the correct OEM Product Key (extracted from BIOS), it is refused. The trick is to first remove the current Product Key with slmgr /upk, then the OEM key can be entered and activation works flawlessly.This idea comes from Clean install Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 from OEM key, which also describes how to get the OEM key using RW Everything (including video tutorial!). Really this has saved me several hours, maybe days of experimenting. If you find it helpful, please upvote that answer instead of this one.
2. Inside the extracted ABRbeta folder, run activation_backup.exe (administrator privileges are required). The program will find and create a backup of the certificate and a text file with the product key in the same folder.
Could this be used to: 1. Install Vista(using an ISO). 2. Use a Vista OEM license activation(Programs above) that is on a machine that I own(GIVEN). 3. Do a clean install with Vista on a better machine that has Xp SP3 and not really sure if the RAM in the XP machine is compatible with my newer Vista PC(only guaranteed to run properly on just 1 monopolized make of RAM and only supports a max of 2 GBs total, only 1 GB per socket). The newer machine is also having major audio and System Restore issues. 4. Restore this activation info on a clean install on what used to be XP(format it first)? 2ff7e9595c
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