Hi all, I have a Win10 cloned (moved) from HDD to SSD that just will not boot (bluespin hang), and I'm not sure if it is an activation issue, so I wanted to try MAS activation (original was win7 with SLIC and then upgraded up to Win8 and Win10). I can get the clone to boot partially into safemode+network (GUI fails), and then through some C-A-del trickery get taskmgr, and then start Admin cmd shell and more from taskmgr menu. But no full gui, in fact, there is an error/failure about sihost.exe (the windows desktop GUI). I tried using MAS script in the hobbled safemode+network state, but all 3 of HWID, TSforge and KMS fail. I get many errors, but one of them is that none of those 3 want to run in safemode+network, they want to run in normal boot mode. But that is the problem I'm trying to fix in the first place: Normal boot results in bluespin hang. Any ideas what I can do to get a license installed from the (hobbled) safemode+network state? Added: Screen photo
I assume that response is for me. Anyone know about any good websites that explain the underlying problems of windows cloning? I have used ntfsclone, I have tried using clonezilla (partimage), but no luck. Using ntfsclone was reliable for many years.
Why are you even trying to activate? You have bigger issues to fix first. Activation doesn't work in safe mode. Your SSD cloning issue is off-topic for this thread.
For why ? Tsforge work for vista up to 11 or office 2013 up to 2024 , for office 2010 use ohook For xp use volume media iso
It will fail whenever system decides to migrate SPP data (should only be during feature upgrade), or if the store files are corrupted/deleted. The PCBeta thread you link doesn't give us any clue why these systems are deactivating, but I suspect one of these things has happened. In any case, we do not recommend TSforge at all for Windows 11 unless HWID/Ohook cannot be used.
It's not mathematically feasible due to the way the product keys are encoded, same with Windows 7. It shouldn't be necessary though, every edition has a easily available generic key usable with TSforge.
How to permanently activate office 2010 (not kms) in windows XP. Does it possible by TSForge or ohook?
Is TSForge the best solution for systems that do not support HWID or will switch versions after using HWID, such as Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 and LTSC 2021/2024 (not IoT)?
After reading the recommendations of the great developers, I guess the Main Rule is: For Windows activation: Use HWID if the OS is Win10/11 and you have Internet connection, otherwise use TSforge. For Office activation: Use TSforge if the version is supported, otherwise use Ohook.