Is it not possible that Win10 does activate automatically on a fresh install because the machine it is installed on has a SLIC or Windows 8 'key' embedded in the BIOS/UEFI ? I noticed this kind of behaviour on my fairly recent windows 8 notebook after wiping the OEM installation to do a fresh install.
once it does its upgrade it sends its info for the activation to MS. So when you do your clean install and it goes online to activate, it already has its info on MS and it activates the system. This all requires a connection during upgrade first, and then after the clean install attempts to activate. I have found no offline activation for your type of situation. -ed- maybe I misunderstood your post. I still have more testing to do with Win8.x machines. I cannot say for sure if the install will use the key embedded in the MSDM table during a fresh install without the initial upgrade. If that is more to what you are saying.
Yes, indeed, that is what I was trying to say. I was quite surprised by that behaviour myself. I fully expected to need my key to re-install. But I didn't. It is also not physically attached to the notebook anymore like it used to be for previous windows versions so if I recall correctly I read it from the system using some MDL tool.
Yes. Windows 7 Pro and Ultimate update to Windows 10 Pro. Windows 7 starter, basic and home update to Windows 10 Home
I am on win 10 build 10162 pro ,,,, MSA activated . If I do normal updgrade from this RTM ,, will it be activated thereafter or I will have to install win 7/8.1 to work this RTM ??
just giving my results for activation, installed windows 7 ultimate x64 sp1 in a vm, then upgraded to windows 10 pro x64 10240, was installing updates but the vm kept freezing/hanging so i gave up & reinstalled windows 10 freshly (after changing the vm storage controller), skipped product key & it instantly said it was activated, so its working fine windows 7 was activated prior with windows loader 2.2.2
Small Question can i update my legit genuine windows 7 with this iso by mounting it in Win7 and starting the update? Or is this Iso only for the Clean install afterwards and i must update win7 with WinUpdate? I am asking because the FAQ isnt clear about it and i suppose on 29.7. the winupdate will be overcrowded so i would prefer to use the iso if i dont need winupdate at all. Thanks for your answer!
i just did that..u can update from the 10240 iso, u can also clean install from the same iso by booting from it. when u update from it just have an internet connection, when u check windows 10 activation & it says activated, then u can reformat & do a fresh install if u want
I extract the files from my ISO and did update on running Windows 7 Ultimate system with not problem.
definitely quite simple when you don't over think it eh? Some are sweating bullets at the thought of clicking setup.exe lol
Windows 10 RTM Gdrive link or any resume support link I have already downloaded the 64bit RTM build of Windows 10 from Faikee's thread. The hashes match with the one leaked by WZOR. I couldn't download the 32bit from the torrent link as it is pretty slow. Could someone please provide me the 32bit EN-US resume support link?