Solved Windows 7 Activaton Issue

[tridac]

Hi,

Have just installed a new, unopened Win 7 Ultimate, needed to run some old apps. All installed 64 bit, fine, but online activation fails, and the uk phone number is a dead line. Kit is dated 2013, with prodict code tag: "GGOK-WIN ULT 7 32-bit / 64-bit English". Accepts the product key ok.

Really need this machine running, so is it posible to activate win 7 now ?

Thanks in advance...

Regards,

Chris

 

[SIW2]

what is the model of the hp machine ?


depending on the model it could have a slic table that entitles the use win7 via slp activation

 

[tridac]

Hi,

Thanks, not familar with slic, but the machine is an HP Elitedesk 800 G1, I5 cpu. No coa, but the label says windows 8.1, I guess that is around the right time frame. Is the slic some sort of auto activation thing ?. Have seen that on another machine, which just worked. Chose ultimate because I need an nfs client to talk to a Linux server. Machine seems swift with a small ssd...

 

[SIW2]

HP Elitedesk 800 G1 4th gen must have win7 slic table.

Windows 7 Ultimate HP OEM : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

i dont know if the above is any use, you might be able to find another by searching tinternet or use 7_oem_installer

if you want any fresh win7 installation to be able to find updates you need to install manually first KB3138612

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51212

 

[torchwood]

Hi

from what i can see that comp came with w7 download rights
so slic table should be present
bit of a pain really as it "rights" will be for the the version installed, likely PRO
(is there a COA attached for W7 or a code on the invoice???)

lets have a look see, run this tool copy/paste the output

https://www.sevenforums.com/attachm...vation-issue-posting-instructions-mgadiag.exe

you quoted an unopened Utimate package, not HP i'm guessing

need to see why its not activating
how did you get the Ultimate version

Roy

 

[michael diemer]

From other threads here, I have seen that HP may be able to help with this, since it's one of their machines. I would try asking their support team.

 

[SIW2]

Be very surprising if they do any help at all for win 7. Only for the currently supported systems win10/11. In addition that old machine is way out of warranty.

I expect the iso linked in previous post will do the job and it should have the logos, wallpapers etc.

 

[Volume Z]

For what it's worth enable TLS 1.2.

Update to enable TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 as default secure protocols in WinHTTP in Windows

 

[siliconbeaver]

Is the HP G1 used?

an easy way, go HP website, Cloud Recovery, download HP Win7 Install Media from there.

When clean-install complete, Win7 activation is automatically done. no need for Win7 key, no need to go online to activate.

Hi,

Have just installed a new, unopened Win 7 Ultimate, needed to run some old apps. All installed 64 bit, fine, but online activation fails, and the uk phone number is a dead line. Kit is dated 2013, with prodict code tag: "GGOK-WIN ULT 7 32-bit / 64-bit English". Accepts the product key ok.

Really need this machine running, so is it posible to activate win 7 now ?

Thanks in advance...

Regards,

Chris

 

[torchwood]

only IF it was supplied with Ultimate which i doubt

 

[SIW2]

Just had a look at the iso from archive.org

The boot image is wrong so the iso won't boot under 64 bit efi




could extract the iso contents to usb stick instead. It looks like it has the xrm-ms file



might chuck it on an hp machine that is lying around and see if anything else is wrong with it.

- - - Updated - - -

It works ok .



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If wanting to run windows update, Install this update manually first
:ar: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51212







after reboot run windows update . Took 6m30 secs of searching to offer these

 

[tridac]

Hi,

A whole raft of useful info there, with thanks. I tried a couple more examples from the Internet Archive, but although they both install ok, neither actvate and need a coa. Also tried an 8.1 example, with the thought that it should work in an 8.1 shipped machine, but the same result. From what I can see, to auto activate without online or phone access, the bios slic data must match the data on the install media. Need to do a bit more digging on the slic thing, to see how that is generated and included in the bios. Also, how to extract that from install media and bios, which could save a lot of time on test installs. Internet Archive also has a dvd "OEM Preinstallation Kit", and wonder if that could be of any help. Meantime, do a bit of digging on the slic subject, but really annoying that have a legit copy, with valid coa, and it should just work, however old it is. uSoft are such hard work...

 

[SIW2]

It is possible to look for slic table with rweverything

I believe nir sofers little firmwaretablesview can also show the slic table
FirmwareTablesView

Your machine must have the hp slic table so there is no need to look

Just for information this is the dell one, the others are similar




You could apply the image from the install.wim and then copy the contents of the $oem$ folder to the windows directory that has just been applied before booting into it.

copy
\sources\$oem$\$$\setup
and
\sources\$oem$\$$\system32



into the just applied windows folder.

If you dont know how to do the apply method, winntsetup makes it easier

winntsetup_v532

 

[torchwood]

if you run the tool i referenced it will tell me if SLIC table and the w8 marker are present, as well as the type of Ultimate iso you have

from siw2 system screenshot i can tell you it refers to a factory installed HP W7 Ultimate OS install

 

[tridac]

Hi,

Thanks, i'll give that a try. I did find an slic toollkit 3.1 at: AfterDawn - Software downloads, reviews, tech news and guides, which looks interesting. Really could not stomach the 8.1 install, so using Rufus to create a usb stick from the 7 ultimate iso, and resinstall 7, Only takes 15-20 minutes using s usb stick, Then use the toolkit to see what it says. Bit of a learning curve, this, getting systems running with older windows. Also found an old artcile on superuser: "Windows (all) OEM activation", with quite a few comments...

 

[SIW2]

You dont need to look for the slic table except for curiosity, it is certainly present on your machine unless the firmware is somehow defective.

I dont need to bother looking on the old hp machine I have lying around, I know it is there.

 

[peter58ha]

Hello from Germany!

download the attached HP.zip file and extract it to c:\temp
run the script from command prompt with admin rights and pls post results.

Regards
Peter