Windows Vista/7 OEM – Applying OEM System Locked Preinstallation Activation using the Activation and Backup Recovery Program – The Unofficial Windows 1. Reinstallation Guide.
Do not use generic keys for an OEM license. If you are prompted for a product key with that.iso you have likely selected the wrong Edition. See here.
Contents. What is OEM SLP Activation? Examples of Microsoft’s Major Partner OEMs are Dell, Lenovo and HP essentially vendors of all the Windows Devices you see on the high street market. Microsoft Major Partner OEMs preinstalled OEM version of Windows Vista and Windows 7 utilise OEM System Locked Preinstallation as an activation mechanism. There is a generic SLP key for each Windows Vista/7 [Edition] and its input using the “Major OEM” Windows Vista/7 [Edition] Reinstallation DVD. Windows Vista/7 [Edition] is then activated offline if and only if the Major OEM has validated the Legacy BIOS or UEFI BIOS to run Windows Vista/7 [Edition]. To identify if your system has been installed using a Major OEM SLP you will have a product ID of the form. Windows Vista the product ID is xxxxx- OEM- 7.
Guys, I slipstreamed Windows XP Pro Retail version with SP3 yesterday, and when i install it, it asks for a key during installtion. So, I am not sure what MSFT thinks. I have read that with a Royalty OEM key a Windows XP operating system may be installed without being bothered to activate. Having a Royalty OEM key.
Windows 7 the product ID is xxxxx- OEM- 8. In short every single Dell system shipped with Windows 7 Professional for instance has Windows 7 Professional installed using the same product key although there may be a unique key on the COA that is unused. For more information about these keys and the OEM SLP keys as well as downgrade rights see additional information. This is for Major Partnert OEMs only and does not cover the Minor Commercial OEMs which use the generic (unbranded Microsoft) OEM system builders license or Retail licenses which will have a differing Product ID. This guide supports Dell OEM SLP as I have backed up OEM SLP for all Dell Editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. This guide focuses on Dell as the primary OEM however Certs were given from HP users so it now also fully supports HP OEM SLP.
Large PC Manufacturers known as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have the ability to pre-activate Microsoft® Windows XP software installed on new. Contents What is OEM SLP Activation? What is the ABR Program? Download Links and System Locked Preinstallation Keys Restore using Dell and HP ABR Files Backup. Welcome An OEM key can be used as many times as necessary on the same computer. Once the MotherBoard is changed, it is no longer considered the same computer. Yesterday we were alerted to reports of a leak of a special product key issued to an OEM partner of ours. The key is for use with Windows 7 Ultimate RTM. Some of the programs and features that were part of the previous versions of Windows did not make it to Windows XP. CD Player, DVD Player, and Imaging for Windows are.
Note for other major OEMs the backup mechanism has to be carried out in advance on a working OEM factory install in advance. I would be grateful if someone with an Acer or Lenovo system Backs up their Windows 7 OEM SLP activation and provides a link to their Cert file and PID. I can extend this to guide also to Acer and Lenovo systems. The PID should match those in this list here. If you don’t have an installation . DVD then its time to install Windows 1.
TH2 if you have a Windows 7 OEM license and legible COA. If you have an illegible COA or a Windows Vista OEM license then I recommend taking the Unofficial Upgrade path via the Expired Windows 1. Insider Preview (I have added a series of workarounds to extend this Upgrade path past its expiry date).
What is the ABR Program? The activation backup and recovery program mimics the product activation mechanism of the Dell (or HP or other major OEM) Windows Reinstallation DVD and Dell (or HP or other major OEM) factory settings. Essentially the OEM SLP product activation can be backed up from factory settings and later restored after clean installation with retail media. In addition since all Dell systems which came with Windows Vista/7 [Edition] have the same system locked preinstallation key (see above) and cert file, the files I backed up may be used in conjunction with the ABR program to restore OEM SLP prodict activation of Windows Vista/7 [Edition] on any system Dell/HP have validated to run these versions of Windows.
This importantly includes those eligible for downgrade rights. The ABR program will not work with the Dell/HP files with a system that does not have a Dell/HP BIOS validated by Dell/HP to run Windows Vista/7 i. This is identical to installation of a Dell Windows Vista/7 Reinstallation DVD on a non- Dell where you will be given 9 days to input a valid product key. This tool is useful if there is a product activation issue and Dell/HP OEM SLP needs to be reapplied without reinstallation or if one has a Retail Installation DVD. It was a complete guide with conjunction to downloading Digital River . Microsoft Removed these in February 2.
Microsoft Recovery Tool which rejects Dell/HP (other OEM) licenses. Download Links and System Locked Preinstallation Keys. Windows 7. Windows Vista. Thanks to Paul Tikkanen for providing the Vista files for HP. Restore Using Dell and HP ABR Files.
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This will work for a system which has a 3. Windows Vista/7 (installation of Windows Vista/7 without a product key) providing the system is eligible to run a Dell/HP OEM license. Download ABRbeta (Windows 7) or ABR (Windows Vista) and the Dell or HP Activation Files.
The following steps may look a bit more complicated than they actually are. Essentially all you are doing is extracting two folders. One has two programs activation_backup. The cert and product key files must be copied to this extracted folder so the activation_restore. Extraction. Right click the “Dell/HP ABR Activation Files Vista and 7” and select extract all.
Opt for the extracted files to be in downloads. Select to open the folder and snap it to the right. Next snap downloads to the left.
Extract ABRbeta. exe (Windows 7) or ABR. Windows Vista) by double clicking it. Accept the warnings to run it. Again select the default location of downloads and select extract.
You will now have a folder called ABR, open it to the left and open the ABR activation files to the right. Activation- Restore. Select your version of Windows. I will use Professional as an example.
Move the backup- cert. Xr. ML and backup- key. ABR folder. Once these files are copied across run activation- restore. It will input the Dell/HP SLP key from the backup- key. Xr. ML to activate Windows Vista or Windows 7. Note: You may be prompted to continue press [y] and [enter] if asked (usually you are asked this only if you entered a product key during installation which was not recommended).
Product Activation Check. Restart your computer and check your activation status by pressing [Windows] and [Pause|Break]. Windows Vista/7 should be activated in the exact same manner as the factory install or Dell/HP Reinstallation DVD.
Backup. Check to see if your computer is running an OEM license by looking at the product ID in System Properties (press [Windows] and [Pause|Break]: Look at your Product ID; the product ID of a major Windows 7 OEM license with OEM SLP will have the form of xxxxx- OEM- 8. Windows Vista OEM license the SLP will have the form xxxxx- OEM- 7. The ABR backup will not work for a system without such a product ID.
Download ABRbeta (Windows 7) or ABR (Windows Vista). Extract ABRbeta. exe (Windows 7) or ABR. Windows Vista) by double clicking it. Accept the warnings to run it. Select the default location to extract.
This will extract to an ABR folder, open it. Launch the activation_backup. Accept any UAC prompts, you will now have a backup- cert. Xr. ML file and backup- key. Copy the ABR Folder to a safe place for later use. These can be used later to restore your OEM product activation. If you have the cert file for any OEM thats not Dell or HP you may add the files to a zip file and save this to One.
Drive and share it in the comments section. It can help other users with Vista or 7 from your OEM which wish to clean install and whose hard drive or installation has failed and have no recovery media. Ineligible Systems.
This is just a demonstration to show that the Activation Backup Recovery program or Dell Windows 7 Reinstallation DVD won’t work on ineligible systems. A Dell Latitude D8. Vista Business COA in this test.
It has a genuine Windows 7 Upgrade license and was later activated using it. This system was only sold by Dell with Windows XP and Windows Vista, hence the latest BIOS revision only has markers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. If one tries installing with a Dell Windows 7 Professional Reinstallation DVD or using the ABR files for Windows 7 which mimic the activation mechanism of the Reinstallation DVD on this system, Windows 7 will not activate. Instead you will get a 9 days until automatic activation as shown below. When you click to activate now you will be unable to activate with the Dell SLP key and will be prompted to enter another product key. After 9 days you will get: Additional Information. OEM SLP Versions.
This guide has covered Windows Vista and Windows 7 OEM SLP in great detail and these are the only versions of Windows covered by the ABR program. Until recently it was easy to download RETAIL media for both Windows Vista and Windows 7 and use it alongside the ABR program and OEM SLP cert files for a clean install using OEM SLP. I will use the term markers to denote a system BIOS is eligible for OEM SLP activation. If using downgrade rights from Windows 8/8. Pro to Windows 7 Professional.
The SLP version will have markers for SLP 3. SLP 2. 1. If using downgrade rights from Windows 7 Pro to Windows XP Professional. The SLP version will have markers for SLP 2. SLP 2. 0 and SLP 1. Downgrade rights from Windows 7 Professional to Windows Vista Business were almost never executed).
If using downgrade rights from Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional. The SLP version will have markers for SLP 2. SLP 1. 0. If your system was sold with Windows Vista 6 months or less before the release of Windows 7. The latest BIOS update will include SLP markers for Windows 7 as the system was eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 7. The release date of the latest BIOS should be newer than October 2. These are commonly equally referred to as SLP 3.
Windows 8. 1 installation media blocked Windows 8 OEM SLP keys and therefore a difference between the keys. This has finally been rectified with the Windows Media Creation Tool. I will use A and B to denote the difference. Windows SLP 3. 0 works in a different way to previous versions in the fact that each system has a unique BIOS Embedded SLP key opposed to the use of generic ones see here for more details: XP OEM SLP 1. XP OEM license with RETAIL media making a guide not worthwhile. The Dell Windows XP Reinstallation CD/DVD will include this SLP mechanism. Dell and HP OEM SLP Keys List.