Putting the Key in installation files

[adrianaitken]

Hi all, in XP you could put the installation key into the winnt.sif file. How do you do the same under Windows 7 ?

 

[sevsman]

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...

 

[adrianaitken]

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

 

[ccatlett1984]

with vista and later, there is no way to create the answer file that you want without grabing the download from MS.

 

[sevsman]

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..

 

[YupYup]

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 .wim

DISM /MOUNT-WIM /WIMFILE:c:\INSTALL.WIM /INDEX:4 /MOUNTDIR:c:\rc

5. Set the product key (this is a valid key for ultimate)

DISM /IMAGE:c:\rc /Set-ProductKey:BCGX7-P3XWP-PPPCV-Q2H7C-FCGFR

6. Commit the changes to the .wim

DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /MOUNTDIR:c:\rc /COMMIT

7. replace the install.wim in the .iso with the one you just created ( use your choice of iso software magic iso, power iso etc )