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Putting the Key in installation files
Hi all, in XP you could put the installation key into the winnt.sif file. How do you do the same under Windows 7 ?
Hi all, in XP you could put the installation key into the winnt.sif file. How do you do the same under Windows 7 ?
You can use vlite to make the disc unattended, that's what i do..
You can also set yourself up as full admin by bypassing the user account creation and not entering a password.
That's what i do to get rid of UAC without suffering any of the consequences that can arise after turning it of within windows...
Thanks but after installing vlite it says I have to download a 1.3GB program from Microsoft. Not really worth it really.
However, if you have already done it could you tell me which file the installation key is stored in ?
Many thanks
Adrian
with vista and later, there is no way to create the answer file that you want without grabing the download from MS.
Vlite 1.2 doesn't require the wim install. Well it does but it's already in the Vlite package and takes about .5 of a second to install.
As for the serial integration, i don't know the limitations of this as i use "rebuild only ultimate" so when the OS installs i don't get prompted for a serial anyway.
This is because the OS choice is removed so it install the default key......
Hope this helps..
You can set the key with Dism, it is a default windows 7 executable so you don't need to download. You will need to replace the new install.wim it creates in the .iso though.
For this example i created a folder called "rc" on the root of the C drive and extracted the install.wim to the root of C.
1. Extract the install.wim from the iso
2. Create a folder to mount it too
3. Run command prompt as admin
4. Mount .wim5. Set the product key (this is a valid key for ultimate)Code:DISM /MOUNT-WIM /WIMFILE:c:\INSTALL.WIM /INDEX:4 /MOUNTDIR:c:\rc6. Commit the changes to the .wimCode:DISM /IMAGE:c:\rc /Set-ProductKey:BCGX7-P3XWP-PPPCV-Q2H7C-FCGFR7. replace the install.wim in the .iso with the one you just created ( use your choice of iso software magic iso, power iso etc )Code:DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /MOUNTDIR:c:\rc /COMMIT
Last edited by YupYup; 05 May 2009 at 04:00.