I am trying to activate Windows 10 by using the DAZ loader in Windows 7, but so far Windows 10 refuses to activate. Here are my steps: Files: Murphy Windows 10 ISO (Anniversary Update) Murphy Windows 7 ISO (March, SP 1) Rufus DAZ 2.2.2 What I'm doing: 1. Format harddrive. 2. Install Windows 7 ISO. 3. Run DAZ 2.2.2. Restart (Windows 7 activates) 4. Copy "gatherosstate.exe" from Windows 10 ISO and paste to desktop. Right click and run as administrator. GenuineLicense.xml is posted to desktop. 5. Copy GenuineLicense to USB 6. Format HD again, and clean install Windows 10. 7. Copy GenuineLicense.xml to %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket, Restart I have done these steps twice, and Windows 10 so far refuses to activate. Am I missing something here? Thanks for the help!
trying to activate the wrong version of Windows 10? The free upgrade period officially ended the 29th July - almost a month ago - I wouldn't be surprised if they started closing doors at some point...
Is that really the problem? I was told if I activate Windows 7 with DAZ, I could copy the genuine license to Windows 10 and it would still activate.... Is there a new method for activating Windows 10 now?
The free upgrade from 7SP1 DAZ > 10 should still work, the gatherosstate option also. But i miss one step you didn't do: - after installing 10 keep the system offline. - insert genuineticket.xml - restart - go online
Ah, is this the problem? No one mentioned keeping it offline! So can I format/re-install Windows 10 and use the genuineticket.xml I already have, or do I have to start all over again? Thanks for the help!
Ah, ok, so it seems staying offline is the key! Final question: I have a few other computers with the EXACT SAME motherboard/setup as the original computer, if I copy the Windows 10 install to them using something like Acronis, will they also activate successfully, or do I need to generate a genuineticket.xml for each computer individually? Thanks again!
The link Lobo11 showed is the original thread by Yen, it's explicitly mentioned to keep win 10 offline during first boot. You can re-use the same genuineticket.xml again but only on the system it's generated on. You can try it on exact copies of the original system but if there is any difference it won't work.
Ok, I'll give it a shot! And I'll report back in case anyone else wants to know. I think what I'll do is try clean installing on 2 systems and see if the genuineticket.xml activates on both. If it does, it should be safe to clone the drives. Fingers crossed. And thanks again to all who helped!
I'm still not having any success getting Windows 10 activated. Does it matter if I used the gatherosstate on Windows 7 Pro (which I did) or Ultimate? For the record, I'm trying to install Windows 10 Pro.
Oh, ok. No, I was installing Windows 7 Pro, activating with DAZ, then going straight to the Windows 10 install using the genuine ticket generated on Pro. I didn't update or anything else before doing that. I'll re-install Windows 7 (Ultimate this time) and try to get it validated online before upgrading this time. As an aside, I didn't know DAZ would validate online. Learn something new every day.
Yeah, I never thought it'd be this difficult. The message I'm getting is: "We can't activate Windows on this device because you don't have a valid digital license or product key. Go to the Store to buy genuine Windows. Error code: 0x803F7001" Granted, this is further than I got before, but it's still not activated. I'm also losing hope that I'll be able to use Acronis to clone this to another computer. I'll still give it a shot, but given how hard it is just to get it working on ONE computer, I'd say the chances of it effortlessly cloning onto another one aren't looking good.
Are you using a MSDN Multiple Editions iso or a VLSC Pro iso? Or what happens when you simply upgrade, it could have finished over 50 times by now. What key has windows after upgrading? What info do you get by entering this command in an elevated cmd: Code: slmgr /dlv