HWID Activation Interchangeable 32/64 bit - Success

I figured this would be the case, but it's nice to have it confirmed.

 

Good for you.

 

it is not an hwid activation

basically slic is an information hidden in the bios at a specified location by OEM vendors, if the windows setup see that it will go in oem mode for activation purposes, and you input the oem serial needed, or an oem certification tool / loader etc ... i used xtreme loader 3.05 very frequently, very few non "slicable" bios where not oem activated ...

Slic 2.1 is not affected by 32 or 64 bits

It is well known

 

This refers to Win 10 activation which indeed is HWID based and uses generic key as trigger.

 

I can also confirmed, on older Dell hardware (Latitude laptop) went from W7Pro to W10Pro with the free upgrade, activated on 64 bits. Extracted the W10Pro 32 bits ISO to USB, boot up & did a fresh/clean install - wiped C:\ and got prompted several times to input the "key" & just click on option to "skip" - when all done & system rebooted, W10Pro 32 bit was fully activated. (Could've downgraded to W10 Home 32 bits & no problem either, I imagine)

With "just" 4GB memory - it's running very smoothly now after doing some "tweaking" and turning off various unwarranted options.

 

yep slic is old tech loll

 

Where do you download the OEM SLIC 2.1 Bios activation? And why did you have to install the 32bit windows 7? but not 64bit windows 7?

 

My question would be why he didn't use Daz Loader, but any 'obscure' tool from anywhere ?

 

Little something different on my end but is possible to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro edition. At first i was using OEM Win7 Home Premium and upgraded to Win 10 Home, decide to try for Pro edition and i downloaded Win7 Pro installed with Loader and upgraded to Pro 10. Format drive and clean installed Pro and activated.

 

Would Daz Loader work?

 

For MBR systems yes (you can upgrade from MBR system and then Fresh install with GPT).

 

i think it's going off topic in win 10 section ????


anyway

Slic 2.1 is "old activation technologie" for win vista thru windows 7, xp used slp activation, not for windows 10

Never used loaders, because they where sometimes detectables, slic activation is the safest for theses old systems. Search OEM activation in the other windows sections.

Search slic 2.1 in google you will have plenty of infos ... have messed up a few bios before, even with the right tools.

 

Not actually old, Server 2012 R2 Editions still use SLIC (iirc OA.2.2) .

 

How do you switch between MBR and GPT in Bios? or what?

 

if i recall server 2012 r2 is windows 7 based ???

 

With partitioning tools

 

... where else ... ?