srihariram Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Hi,How to handle KMS/MAK product keys in autounattend.xml ?When i enter Vol license key in product key section of winpe, setup throws an error "The unattend answer file contains an invalid product key...." How to handle this?Thanks in advance.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 MAK key add in in specialize not in winpe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srihariram Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Thank you..Is it just sufficient to add the key in specialize section as below or do need to do something more. <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>ComputerNam</ComputerName> <ProductKey>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</ProductKey> </component> </settings> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxXPsoft Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 yes thats where its needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 It also works if you put the default install key into the WinPE phase, and then the MAK key in specialize.http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2009/08/11/default-keys-for-vista-and-windows-7-deployment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srihariram Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 Thank you..It works without error when KMS/MAK key is provided in specialize phase. Does 2008 get automatically licensed after OS comes up or do we need to something more to make in active.Regards.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 I've only made one image with a MAK key in it and that was on Monday. I did a test and sysprep the OS, but it said I needed to manually activate. I am not allowed to activate KMS keys because they aren't ours so I didn't see if it needed to be online to do it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelob Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I specify our MAK or KMS keys in both the WinPE and Specialize passes, under Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup <ProductKey></ProductKey> and Microsoft-Windows-Setup <Key></Key>. Windows will automatically activate within a few days using the key provided during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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