As in from the bios or slic, or would a generic VL disc work with a generic manufacturers key without a loader if I use the correct verison i.e home premium 64 bit
You will need the slp key and matching cert. Run the oem query tool from the multi oem project thread and see your results. If included in query tool then the multi oem project can activate and brand according to your manufacture.
Ok, quick question, if I find the correct things from the tool, do I still need a VL version of Windows or can I just add that to a regular OEM?
All you do is add the $oem$ folder to the sources folder of the iso and save it. Then burn it slowly or use usb media to install it. Its that simple. Run the query tool first in order to make sure it will brand and activate. Note: You can if you feel comfortable about doing it, create a custom oem recovery partition to make it look professional. If you are interested, see my signature for link to Anarethos recovery tool with media creator. I recommend testing in VMware or similar until you feel ready to try the custom oem recovery software in a real machine.
If it shipped with say, Windows 7 Home Premium, install that edition & use Daz's Windows Loader. Since the notebook is genuine & has a manufacturer's Slic, the loader will NOT install but instead add the appropriate certificate & change to the correct key...
You seem to be confusing VL and OEM somewhat. For editions that can be activated in either channel, the key that is used (VL or OEM) is the only thing that matters. Home Premium does not have a VL channel. Add proper $oem$ folder to Home Premium iso, or use Daz loader.
I would do that, but since its being sold I was going to give them a copy of a disc plus when people think of loaders they think of piracy automatically, I just wanted to get key somehow and write it on label so if in the future they want to install they can just pop in disc. Deleted when I first got laptop and then installed a generic oem disc as I hate multiple partitions Interesting, I just assumed since I saw murphys old isos with VL versions they needed a specific version of a disc, related to that I also have a Windows 8 laptop that I forgot to save key and such before reformatting so I went through an annoying process of finding a VL version of 8.1 as that seems to be ok activating with generic key and basic kms linking it without going through the whole process, is that like 7 where as long as I get the OEM folder it will just add the details as that would save me finding a VL version So for Win 7 I guess you mean if I have a branded pc be it desktop or laptop, then I can just use a OEM disc, with a VL key?(and the oem folder on disc) thats all I need than a VL disc?
For Win 7 , Professional and Enterprise are the only editions that support VL activation. Enterprise is vl only. There are a few exceptions, i.e. oem bios with invalid slic, but if you install Professional, then you can usually switch from retail to oem to vl just by changing the key. The Professional vl iso's have a gvlk key burned in.
That just confused me more, so if I have home premium just add the oem folder and thats it(assuming I can get one) I think thats correct.
yes, like I said before, you are confusing oem with vl activation. You want oem activation, with the $oem$ folder added to the iso.
@ ryouga, I'm still confused on how you can lose OEM:COA sticker. But either way since it is not on the laptop you can even install ultimate version if it has SLIC 2.1 in bios you have not even mentioned manufacturer yet, not that that matters if you use multi oem project but as advised run oem query tool first to see results. Someone may even had $oem$ folder for your manufacturer. But personally I would go with multi oem project and if you are really bothered about installing home premium 64 bit you can edit the ei.cfg file so it will only install that version.
I have a couple laptops for which the COA sticker is badly worn away, and can't be read, but it is still there.
It basically wore out, and when I went to write the code on it one time it just came apart as the glue was all manky and trying to straighten it out it just got crumpled up.
if you still have a broken windows install that was done in past with the sticker key u can use WinPE like hirens to recover it from the registry hive.