Windows – Retrieving OEM-SLP key from OEM Recovery DVD

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I have a number of HP ProDesk 600 G1. I use Windows Deployment Server (WDS) to deploy a custom image to these machines (effectively removing HP bloatware) and I'm trying to find the OEM-SLP key.

I have the HP supplied Windows 7 Pro recovery DVD and managed to find the HP Cert file at DVD:\sources\$OEM$\$$\system32\OEM\oem-cert.xrm-ms.xml.

I've installed the certificate using slmgr.vbs /ilc oem-cert.xrm-ms which worked fine, however Windows still requires a product key to fully activate.

I was hoping that somebody here could tell me where I could retrieve the OEM-SLP key from the HP Windows 7 Recovery DVD please? I'm not even sure where to look..

Thanks

EDIT: I have already mounted sources\boot.wim & sources\install.wim to a local directory in hopes that the key may be stored in these.

Best Answer

  1. Copy all files from the OEM DVD in either of the following locations:
    • D:\sources\$OEM$\system32\OEM
    • D:\sources\$OEM$\$$\system32\OEM

To: C:\Windows\System32\OEM (You may want to remove the original files from this location first)

  1. Follow steps 1-11 from this post but only extract the "required folder": http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ation-dvd.html

The "required folder" (would be the folder or folders found in the root of this location): #\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\skus\

  1. Copy the extracted "required folder(s)" to the following location: C:\Windows\System32\spp\tokens\skus

  2. If the files do not copy properly, use the right click "Takeown" registry function to take ownership on the destination location: Add "Take Ownership" to Explorer Right-Click Menu in Windows

Once ownership is taken, rename/move/delete the folder. Perform step 3 again. Make sure to reboot the computer to check the license.

I believe this should work for all OEM manufacturer DVDs and versions. However, you will still need an OEM key which can be entered with the following script: cscript %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs -ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

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