Install Windows 8 Core and Pro RTM from MASD without any key

With [Channel] is Volume, [VL] must be 1, NOT 0

 

Worked great. Typing from Windows 8 x64 Professional right now.

 

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But we do really have retail/VL keys to get past the installation screens for an MSDN version right? Just asking.

 

No, we don't. Just need key for active after installed

 

But we do have keys to get past the Insert Key screen while starting the installation on the MSDN ISO's. Correct ? Its just that the WZOR keys don't work.

 

You can skip the screen by leaving it blank just as win7.

 

By default right out-of-the-box ? Sorry for my naive questions because I haven't tried installing the MSDN ISO of Win 8.. yet.
I'm just trying to figure out what would be the outcome if I don't follow the ei.cfg file mod.

 

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I may be having a daft moment here so please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Windows 8 already a AIO installer? We can install Pro or Core, Retail or VL, based on what key is put in during the install.

While this hack allows us to install without having to input a key first, that strikes me as the only change. For otherwise legitimate installations I'm not seeing how this is any more AIO than what Windows 8 already does.

 

Did you even try this or are you just posting for the sake of it ?

Works fine with 0

 

Without this mod you need a key, with this mod you can skip the key

 

Not all the images are All-in-One:

3 main flavors of DVD's (x86 and x64 versions are on separate DVD's):
Windows 8 (x86 or x64) DVD only carries Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8 Core in the same DVD
Windows 8 Enterprise (x86 or x64) DVD only carries Windows 8 Enterprise (needs KMS)
Windows 8 VL DVD carries Widows 8 VL (need MAK key) and Windows Enterprise (needs KMS key) - depends on the key used.

Windows Server 2012 DVD (in this case, since there is also a separate DVD for each if you have it) carries Windows Server Standard and Dataceneter

The AIO option allows you to do your own 'brew' flavor.. mixing x86 versions and x64 versions,etc. on whatever combination you want.

If you do a lot of testing this is very useful since you can have only one image to use (specially if you use vmware or other visualization method and you keep this in a server (instead of a physical media) (~4GB image instead of 6 x ~3GB (18GB) images...))

 

Worked fine for me
Thanks for this tip!

 

Thanks man
workED great

 

It works with just the following in your ei.cfg ...

It doesn't ask for a product key and you can select the version to install.

 

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That is the difference in the 2 versions direct from MS, regardless how you install.

 

I'm curious, can we use the default key of Enterprise Eval to activate MSDN Isos?