Product ID for activation and setup

crypticus

crypticus

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There is 2 Product ID part in unattended mode.

All i want is to pass setup screen. I entered generic Key to the product id setup part. and it is fine for now.

is activation part is needed too? (i am activating windows after setup is complete) and skip activation is checked in unattended part

if it might cause problem to leave it blank should i type generic code to activation part to prevent any future errors? because it seems to be random to me. i wanst typing both before and setup was passing that screen. even msdn iso doesnt ask for any key during setup... but it fails if i use unattended and leave it blank.

btw it happens only on windows 10 enterprise iso
my win 7 enterprise iso doesnt need any product id for setup or activation. they both blank. should i fill it too? to be safe for future?
if yes anyone has generic product id for windows 7 enterprise? because i couldnt find it

my both win 10 and 7 enterprise doesnt ask for any key during normal msdn iso setup...
 
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In terms of activation, you can leave it blank, or generic, Windows is aggressively using the hardware info to reactivate.
Best would be to add your key to the activation part in case your machine is referenced by multiple keys.

Yes, I have noticed the same issue with the Enterprise editions, if leaving the empty key it breaks, you can add empty key element in autounattend.xml and it works then, but then all the other editions break (when no key, just empty entry).
Maybe related to ei.cfg or boot.wim, would be great if figured out to automate it - it's on my long-range todo as it's rarely reported.
 
Nuhi, if i remember correctly using this en-gb_windows_10_enterprise_2016_ltsb_x64_dvd_9060114.iso i had to enter a product key on the unattended file and keep ei.cfg. Boot wim setup wasnt modified, PE was probably removed.
 
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