They can be used without any key (it is provided by the media), and use slmgr -ipk or "Change Product Key" dialog box to insert you own (and activate your retail copy).
I must be just having a truly stupid day! I just do not seem to be even able to find any of the magnet links haha. I did manage to update my bios earlier to 1901 on the ASUS z170 motherboards. Thinking it is time for a few beers and then all should become clear.
If my computer in question already has a retail entitlement (no key), will the MLF also work for me and auto-activate after installation? Or should I wait?
It won't auto-activate by using the HWID but maybe when you change the productkey to the 3v66t key after installing, maybe, haven't tried it before.
I got the ISO from VLSC and it upgraded my 10586 machine just fine, it got to 14393.5 and all is good. However, I did a clean install of the same ISO in a VM, and WU refuses to push the cumulatives to it, it's stuck at 14393.0. Anyone else seeing this?
Absolutely not, I installed 14393 pro build by converting esd to ISO a couple of days ago. Without being insider it updated to 14393.5.
In order to get this file if 14393 is installed, can i just use windows update to receive 14393.5 tomorrow? thx