{"id":1579,"date":"2015-08-25T17:29:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swildow.darktech.org\/wp\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2015-08-25T17:29:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T22:29:07","slug":"activating-windows-7-oem-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"activating windows 7 OEM way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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activating windows 7 OEM\u00a0way<\/h1>\n

Posted on <\/span>techdoors<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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I will start with basics of how a copy of windows gets automatically activated when installed on OEM<\/strong> (original equipment manufacturer) based PCs,\u00a0traditionally when a copy of windows is installed you have insert your license key and activate by verifying it with Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0via internet or by getting a confirmation id over telephone. But with OEMs<\/strong> like Dell, Sony, Lenovo etc. a need was felt to get windows activated right upon installation without going through all the annoyance. With Windows XP a method called System-Locked Pre-installation<\/strong> (SLP) was devised. This method uses an area of BIOS<\/strong> to store some identification data, in SLP 1.0<\/em> the version included\u00a0with\u00a0XP, this was simply the name of the OEM. There\u00a0are files on hard disk when windows\u00a0is installed which were being matched with the value from BIOS\u00a0for verification, if matched your copy\u00a0gets activated.\u00a0SLP 1.0 was cracked quite easily which demanded for a more complex system to be developed resulting in SLP 2.0<\/em> included with Windows Vista and SLP 2.1<\/em> shipped with Windows 7. Both methods works similarly with only a change in marker in\u00a0Windows 7 based PCs. A\u00a0SLP 2.1 involves checking the presence of a matching OEM-supplied key, an\u00a0OEM-specific certificate\u00a0and the most challenging part of the puzzle an\u00a0OEM-specific ACPI_SLIC table (SLIC 2.1 table) before it can activate.<\/p>\n

Now moving to next step, OEM-key and\u00a0OEM-specific certificates were being cracked very early when\u00a0a copy was leaked illegally from Lenovo, but the real hack was to bypass the SLIC table. Methods were developed commonly known as Loaders\u00a0(also called the softmod) which involves loading the SLIC table in memory before the main OS loads\u00a0thereby fooling the system with a fake\u00a0SLIC table. These methods involves Linux based loaders and sometimes may install trozens or other malware on your\u00a0PC. Other method called the hardmod also exist which modifies the BIOS and may lead to complete system damage.<\/p>\n

We will now learn how to\u00a0get your\u00a0copy of windows\u00a07 genuine without compromising the security and\u00a0system itself. The first step is to check if your BIOS has\u00a0a SLIC\u00a02.1 table or not, and can be easily done using the SLIC_ToolKit\u00a0can be downloaded from here<\/a>. Run it and you will see the window indicating the presence of SLIC table 2.1 marked \u201cDump OK !\u00a0\u00a0 ( DELLWN09_V2.1 )\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"detecting<\/a><\/p>\n

In case you don\u2019t have version 2.1 you first need to get your BIOS<\/em> updated. Now moving on to next step get OEM certificate from here<\/a>\u00a0. Select the one based on your OEM<\/strong> and move it to C:<\/strong>, next run the following commands after opening cmd as administrator<\/p>\n

slmgr.vbs<\/span> -ilc C:\\DELL.xrm-ms<\/span><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

in case\u00a0your OEM is DELL, next first download a set of OEM keys from here<\/a>\u00a0and select the one based on OS version and run the command<\/p>\n

slmgr.vbs<\/span> -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

now check your activation status by entering<\/p>\n

slmgr.vbs<\/span> -dli<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

hope you enjoyed the blog and one caution\u00a0here the SLIC_ToolKit offers advance features to even modify BIOS entries so play safe \u2026 !!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

activating windows 7 OEM\u00a0way Posted on September 26, 2012 by techdoors I will start with basics of how a copy of windows gets automatically activated when installed on OEM (original equipment manufacturer) based PCs,\u00a0traditionally when a copy of windows is … Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}