[FIX] Windows 10 1511 (TH2)/ 1607 (RS1) Isos-Edition Chooser Show UP

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  1. LightDestory

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  2. peck1234

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    #2 peck1234, Nov 13, 2015
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    Yes!!! Was just logging in to say it worked for me to!
     
  3. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    #3 Enthousiast, Nov 13, 2015
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    You got home because your system has a 8.x core bios key.

    If you install pro using an ei.cfg it won't get activated without using a kms solution.

    Can you confirm this?
     
  4. peck1234

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    #4 peck1234, Nov 14, 2015
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    Your dead wrong, if you went through the upgrade process you have a 100% llegal windows 10 pro activation. It all comes down to the original upgrade process. We had windows 7 Ultimate or windows 8 pro. Therefore windows 10 pro is are activation and OS we need. The fact that it chooses home because it detects it in the bios is nothing more than an inconvenience.
     
  5. odiebugs1

    odiebugs1 MDL Expert

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    You can turn a VL act with KMS to retail activated. Done it several times.
     
  6. MrG

    MrG MDL Expert

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    On my clean install of 1511 x64 using the downloaded file from MS techbench when I got to the "Activate Windows" screen I chose "I don't have a product key" @ the bottom (light blue), the next screen was 2 choices of which OS I wanted to install, attachment below.

    I didn't have to tweak or edit anything like is being mentioned in this thread.
    For a clean install one may not need to do anything besides what I mentioned above.

    HTH

    Test rig 2 Th2 install photos (6b).jpg
     
  7. Scor1pan

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    Does your system with 8.1 bios keys?
     
  8. abbodi1406

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    #10 abbodi1406, Nov 14, 2015
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    Pro is just the trade name, the actual EditionID is Professional, that's why you get promoted
    instead, don't specify edition:
    Code:
    [Channel]
    _Default
    
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  9. yro

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    #11 yro, Nov 14, 2015
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    do you recomend doing this (creating the file and inserting it on iso)?
     
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  10. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    No

    it's a workaround if you having trouble
     
  11. MrG

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    No, it was a Win10 10240 x64 RTM that got wiped & 1511 was installed on the blank partition, so that was the key in the BIOS.
    It was a Win8.1 x64 that was updated (to b10240) before I installed 1511 though.
     
  12. peck1234

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    Yes thats what we wanted. Course if you DONT have a bios With an oem 7 or 8 key The prompt will Display regardless
     
  13. raiden89

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    Hmm..now when I tried to upgrade my Surface 3 with Win10 Home 10240 to Win10 Home 10586, the installation was asking for a product key...I put in a Home product key from my MSDN and was told the key would not work. Used a Pro key and that did work and upgraded it to 10586 Pro. Not sure why, but I'm guessing that the ISO that I got from the Media Creation Tool XML page that was shared in another thread was only made for Pro.
     
  14. peck1234

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    #16 peck1234, Nov 14, 2015
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    You could have skipped the product key portion no?
     
  15. FanboyKilla

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    #17 FanboyKilla, Nov 14, 2015
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    I used the "Media Creation Tool" to create an ISO which I then extracted and copied to my SSD. Then I did a clean install using the on a Custom PC and didn't have any issues. Then I tried to do a clean install on my ASUS VivoPC VM40B that I use as a Media Center which is when I ran into this issue where the installer wasn't letting me select the edition during install since it was detecting the Windows 8 Home product key in the BIOS. So it was automatically installing Windows 10 Home rather than letting me choose which edition to install. I ended up creating an EI.CFG using the values shown below, then I put EI.CFG in the "sources" folder and re-ran the install which then allowed me to choose between the Home or Professional editions.

    Code:
    EI.CFG
    [Channel]
    Retail
    
    [VL]
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    In addition to the "EI.CFG" method, I was also able to bypass this issue by taking the "install.esd" from the "sources" folder and using ESD2WIM-WIM2ESD to extract the "1st Index (Windows 10 Pro) from the install.esd to install.wim. I then took the install.wim and ran it thru ESD2WIM-WIM2ESD again to convert it back to install.esd. I then took the install.esd and put it back in the sources folder. Now during install I get the "Activate Windows" screen which I then just click on "I don't have a product key".
     
  16. beta-hunter

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    so if i want to install win10 home by default would this work? ( pc has a win81 home key in the Bios)

    [EditionID]
    Core
    [Channel]
    _Default

    [VL]
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  17. raiden89

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    I probably could have. I didnt notice. I just put in a Home product key and it said it couldn't be used. My desktop did not have this problem. It may be because my Surface is an "OEM" while my desktop is "MSDN Retail" and that may be why it asked for a key. Either way, I don't know why a valid, just generated Home key would not work for installation but Pro would other than the possibility that the ISO did not have the option for Home.
     
  18. FrostyWinnipeg

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    #20 FrostyWinnipeg, Nov 14, 2015
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    Outstanding! Worked for me. Just dropped into my USB's 'sources' folder and got to choose Pro over Home. Windows is Activated.

    If you're installing Home then you don't do anything as the install will see the 8 Home keys in the UEFI/bios.