Thursday, September 6, 2012

Install Windows 8 without Product Key

First of all, Download and extract the ISO file of Windows 8 RTM version you own.
Open Notepad to create a file with following code structure and save as ei.cfg in Sources folder.

    [EditionID]
    {Edition ID}
    [Channel]
    {Channel Type}
    [VL]
    {Volume License}


The edition configuration file (EI.cfg) determines which edition of Windows to install and which license to use during Windows Setup. 
Where {Edition ID} must be a valid Windows Edition ID such as Core, Professional and Enterprise. {Channel Type} can be OEM or Retail. {Volume License} can be 1 (True) or 0 (False).

    For example:

    [EditionID]
    Professional
    [Channel]
    Retail
    [VL]
    1


Now create the bootable ISO or USB stick and burn your product key prompt suppressed Windows 8 installation disc.

 
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