TSforge Activation (Windows/ESU/Office) (MAS)

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  1. oyh023

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    Nimbus2000 MDL Senior Member

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    Has anyone had success using tsforge to activate ESU on an ARM version of Windows 10? I have an HP Envy X2 with snapdragon CPU. It is currently running Windows 10 Pro. All attempts to activate ESU result in an error and the suggested fix has not worked.
     
  3. It needs a fix there, tsforge exe is also not working there. Will be fixed.
     
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    pm67310 MDL Guru

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  6. oyh023

    oyh023 MDL Member

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    Please support Windows Embedded 8 Standard Toolkit!Because no permanent key for we8s toolkit!
     
  7. pm67310

    pm67310 MDL Guru

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    ...embedded toolkit ?

    Are for build iso not tsforge related

    Better use windows 8.0 embedded standard , add ei.cfg

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  8. StevenHolmes

    StevenHolmes MDL Novice

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    Thank you so much for your excellent work!

    I'm running into a problem where I'm unable to activate 2008(non-R2) ESU. I've applied all available updates from Windows Update, and also installed the latest Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) and ESU preparation packages (KB5050682, KB4538484, KB5016891). After running tsforge /zcid using the pre-release build of Longhorn, the output is "No applicable activation IDs found." As a result, I cannot activate ESU.

    Could you please assist me in troubleshooting this issue?
     
  9. Wannabe

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    Ypu could try their discord support for faster answers, check MAS Contact us page.
     
  10. StevenHolmes

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    Thanks, I'll give it a try.
     
  11. StevenHolmes

    StevenHolmes MDL Novice

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    It seems I need an ESU MAK key for this to work properly. That's probably almost impossible to find.
     
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  13. alexxf

    alexxf MDL Expert

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    TSforge only supports Windows Server 2008 R2 and later.
     
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  17. Carlos Detweiller

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    Yeah 2008, corrected.
     
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  18. StevenHolmes

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    Indeed, BypassESU is a truly great project, and I've been using it for many years. Now, I just want to try a newer, more elegant method that doesn't require patching any system files. However, it seems that TSforge's support on the Longhorn platform is still too limited at the moment.
     
  19. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Except .NET 4.x updates, you don't need to patch any system file if you install updates manually

    even for .NET 4.x, you could use repackaged updated installer instead