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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
I just want to make sure I'm going at this right.
I want to get the entitlement for 10 but at the same time I might as well do a clean install. Since I have an OEM copy of 8.1 and no license Key, if I boot off the windows 10 DVD I've created with MCT, and do a clean upgrade (don't save my data), will it license anyway? It won't ask me for a key which I don't have? I have an image of 8.1 so it's just a matter of wasting time to do something that won't do what I want. I'll maybe just put 8.1 back. Maybe. Thanks. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
Big Al schreef op 23-07-2016
in : I just want to make sure I'm going at this right. I want to get the entitlement for 10 but at the same time I might as well do a clean install. You cant do that for free. You heve to First update te currenty version to Win10 and see if its activated. Then delete the boot end Win8 partition and doe al clean install of Win10. Choose for no key, after install the machine is automatic activated bij MS. -- MdW. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
On 23/07/2016 14:32, Big Al wrote:
Since I have an OEM copy of 8.1 and no license Key, if I boot off the windows 10 DVD I've created with MCT, and do a clean upgrade (don't save my data), will it license anyway? It won't ask me for a key which I don't have? If the machine is "relatively" new and I presume it is because you have 8.1, the key is already in your BIOS and Windows 10 installation program will find it automatically. However, to be certain, I suggest download this program and run it once so that it can retrieve your KEY from BIOS and then you need to save it in text file on your USB flash drive just in case it is needed. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey.zip As you are doing clean installation, It should work and you will be up and running in about 25 minutes. Good luck and post back with the results. -- With over 350 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
On 23/07/2016 14:41, Machiel de Wit wrote:
You heve to First update te currenty version to Win10 and see if its activated. No longer necessary with the latest ISO as it can accept the Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 serial numbers. For Win8 and Win8.1, the keys are in the BIOS and so this is also not required. For Win7, you do need a serial number if you are doing a clean installation but this is not a problem fior most people as there are tools to retrieve them from the system. Then delete the boot end Win8 partition and doe al clean install of Win10. Yes delete every partition the installation program can find and effectively start afresh. I deleted everything and the installation program created the necessary partitions to install Win10. The best experience ever and you know there are can't be any other conflicts because there was nothing on the HD. -- With over 350 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
On 7/23/2016 12:23 PM, Good Guy wrote:
No longer necessary with the latest ISO as it can accept the Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 serial numbers. For Win8 and Win8.1, the keys are in the BIOS and so this is also not required. For Win7, you do need a serial number if you are doing a clean installation but this is not a problem for most people as there are tools to retrieve them from the system. The above is not always true. Depending on the age of the motherboard and/or BIOS the old serial number may not be stored in it. Since you do not have the serial numbers to safely do what you want you either need to do the upgrade followed by the clean install once your have verified the upgrade did indeed activate. The other and best alternative is to make an image copy of your hard drive. Unplugging the original hard drive and verify the clone will boot properly to the old OS. Then on either drive you can do the fresh install knowing that if it fails to activate you can plug in the old OS again and go through the upgrade/fresh install scenario. The odds are that the motherboard may contain the serial number but I would not want to risk it since the other methods are just about certain to work in the end. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
Big Al wrote:
I just want to make sure I'm going at this right. I want to get the entitlement for 10 but at the same time I might as well do a clean install. Since I have an OEM copy of 8.1 and no license Key, if I boot off the windows 10 DVD I've created with MCT, and do a clean upgrade (don't save my data), will it license anyway? It won't ask me for a key which I don't have? I have an image of 8.1 so it's just a matter of wasting time to do something that won't do what I want. I'll maybe just put 8.1 back. Maybe. Thanks. The MSDM ACPI table in your OEM Win8.1 machine holds the license key. The 10586.xxx media can find this during the install. If you want to see your MSDM for amusement purposes, there is an example here. http://superuser.com/questions/63797...ux-environment Paul |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
On 23/07/2016 19:20, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
The above is not always true. Don't talk rubbish. -- If you want to filter all of my posts then please read this article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/organize-your-messages-using-filters In step 7 select "Delete" With over 350 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
Good Guy schreef op 23-07-2016
in : On 23/07/2016 14:32, Big Al wrote: Since I have an OEM copy of 8.1 and no license Key, if I boot off the windows 10 DVD I've created with MCT, and do a clean upgrade (don't save my data), will it license anyway? It won't ask me for a key which I don't have? If the machine is "relatively" new and I presume it is because you have 8.1, the key is already in your BIOS and Windows 10 installation program will find it automatically. However, to be certain, I suggest download this program and run it once so that it can retrieve your KEY from BIOS and then you need to save it in text file on your USB flash drive just in case it is needed. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey.zip There is a vbs script, whithout needed a exe: Make a (text)file: Win-productkey.vbs Insert the folowing, whithout the start / end lines (___) __________________________________________________ Option Explicit Dim objshell,path,DigitalID, Result Set objshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 'Set registry key path Path = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" 'Registry key value DigitalID = objshell.RegRead(Path & "DigitalProductId") Dim ProductName,ProductID,ProductKey,ProductData 'Get ProductName, ProductID, ProductKey ProductName = "Product Name: " & objshell.RegRead(Path & "ProductName") ProductID = "Product ID: " & objshell.RegRead(Path & "ProductID") ProductKey = "Installed Key: " & ConvertToKey(DigitalID) ProductData = ProductName & vbNewLine & ProductID & vbNewLine & ProductKey 'Show messbox if save to a file If vbYes = MsgBox(ProductData & vblf & vblf & "Save to a file?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "BackUp Windows Key Information") then Save ProductData End If 'Convert binary to chars Function ConvertToKey(Key) Const KeyOffset = 52 Dim isWin8, Maps, i, j, Current, KeyOutput, Last, keypart1, insert 'Check if OS is Windows 8 isWin8 = (Key(66) \ 6) And 1 Key(66) = (Key(66) And &HF7) Or ((isWin8 And 2) * 4) i = 24 Maps = "BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789" Do Current= 0 j = 14 Do Current = Current* 256 Current = Key(j + KeyOffset) + Current Key(j + KeyOffset) = (Current \ 24) Current=Current Mod 24 j = j -1 Loop While j = 0 i = i -1 KeyOutput = Mid(Maps,Current+ 1, 1) & KeyOutput Last = Current Loop While i = 0 keypart1 = Mid(KeyOutput, 2, Last) insert = "N" KeyOutput = Replace(KeyOutput, keypart1, keypart1 & insert, 2, 1, 0) If Last = 0 Then KeyOutput = insert & KeyOutput ConvertToKey = Mid(KeyOutput, 1, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 6, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 11, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 16, 5) & "-" & Mid(KeyOutput, 21, 5) End Function 'Save data to a file Function Save(Data) Dim fso, fName, txt,objshell,UserName Set objshell = CreateObject("wscript.shell") 'Get current user name UserName = objshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserName%") 'Create a text file on desktop fName = "D:\Users\" & UserName & "\Desktop\WindowsKeyInfo.txt" Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set txt = fso.CreateTextFile(fName) txt.Writeline Data txt.Close End Function __________________________________________________ Suc6. -- MdW. |
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Upgrade of OEM windows 8.1 to 10
Machiel de Wit schreef op 24-07-2016
in : fName = "D:\Users\" & UserName & "\Desktop\WindowsKeyInfo.txt" Sorry, this is for my situation, for i have the user datamaps on D. Adjust D: to C: if you have your desktop still original on C. -- MdW. |
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