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#1 Gremo

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:45 AM

First post here so... hello everybody B)

I need a quick help. My laptop has a sticker with Windows 7 Home Premium x64 license. I've successfully created my custom recovery disk with a lot of software in it (audit mode + generalization). Now the only thing i miss is saving windows activation status. My license won't activate through Internet (only calling to Microsoft) so it's a pain (read: a long and boring phone call) at every format.

Any chance to save activation status and put it in my install.wim file?

Thank you a lot :lol: and btw sorry for my english, it's not my native language.

#2 amalux

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:57 AM

I never need to (re-)activate thanks to partition imaging but you can try this method:
http://www.mydigital...e-on-reinstall/

#3 Rui Paz

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Posted 09 November 2011 - 10:08 PM

Hi,

Another option a tool to automate the process...
http://forums.mydigi...Backup-Solution

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#4 Gremo

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 12:36 AM

Hi,

Another option a tool to automate the process...
http://forums.mydigi...Backup-Solution

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Thanks, great piece of software, but i need not to use any external tool. I managed to save cert.xrm-xs from my original recovery media from Packard Bell, now i just need to put it in the .wim file... don't know where? <_<

#5 amalux

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 01:23 AM

just need to put it in the .wim file... don't know where? <_<

I don't think you can just inject files in wim, you need an autounattend.xml like described here:
http://forums.mydigi...luding-Cert-etc

@Rui Paz

Nice tool :)

#6 Gremo

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 11:34 AM

I don't think you can just inject files in wim, you need an autounattend.xml like described here:
http://forums.mydigi...luding-Cert-etc


I don't think that i need autounattend.xml as it's only used to set the product key. And i've already used dism:

dism /Image:C:offline /Set-ProductKet:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX


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Posted 10 November 2011 - 02:37 PM

So you use dism to mount your install.wim, add your product key and copy your cert to windowssystem32oem folder. I like it, I'll try it this way next time ;)

I guess to avoid the autounattend altogether, you need to edit sourcesei.cfg for version as well. if this works, it looks simple and clean. Let us know how it goes.

#8 Gremo

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Posted 10 November 2011 - 02:41 PM

So you use dism to mount your install.wim, add your product key and copy your cert to windowssystem32oem folder. I like it, I'll try it this way next time ;)


Yep. Since my OS is 64 bit i think i should copy the cert file into C:WindowsSysWOW64OEM too. If you try this method please report back and let us know if it works. Thank you.





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