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However, if you need to, then follow the steps below.</p></li> <li><p>Download <a href="https://www.anyburn.com/anyburn.zip">AnyBurn Free Portable</a> and extract this zip file</p></li> <li><p>Run the file named <code>AnyBurn(64-bit)\AnyBurn.exe</code></p></li> <li><p>Select the option named <code>Edit image file</code></p></li> <li><p>Follow the on-screen instructions and add the <code>$OEM$</code> folder to the <code>sources</code> folder so that the directory will appear like this: <code>\sources\$OEM$</code></p></li> <li><p>Save the ISO, that’s it.</p></li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="limitations" class="section level2"> <h2>Limitations</h2> <ul> <li><p>On Windows 8 and later, <strong>running setupcomplete.cmd is disabled</strong> if the default installed key for the edition is OEM Channel.<br /> For example - Preactivation won’t work for Windows 10 Iot Enterprise LTSC because installed key is of the OEM channel.</p></li> <li><p>The <strong>solution</strong> for this issue is to use (Non-Iot) Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC ISO, and the HWID method in preactivation will use Iot LTSC key to change the edition.</p></li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="kms38---server-coracor" class="section level2"> <h2>KMS38 - Server Cor/Acor</h2> <ul> <li><p>Windows Server Cor/Acor (No GUI) editions don’t have the <code>clipup.exe</code> file.</p></li> <li><p>To KMS38 activate it, you need to download the missing <code>ClipUp.exe</code> file from <a href="files\ClipUp.zip">this link</a>.<br /> <br /> <code>File: ClipUp.exe</code><br /> <code>SHA-256: 0d6e9f6bbd0321eda149658d96040cb4f79e0bd93ba60061f25b28fecbf4d4ef</code><br /> <br /> This file has digital signatures that can be verified. You can also get this file from the official <a href="https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/F/16FA20E6-4662-482A-920B-1A45CF5AAE3C/14393.0.160715-1616.RS1_RELEASE_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO">Windows Server 2016 x64 RTM ISO</a>.</p></li> <li><p>Put the <code>ClipUp.exe</code> beside the KMS38 Activation script. That would be either <code>MAS_AIO.cmd</code> or <code>KMS38_Activation.cmd</code></p></li> <li><p>The activation script will check <code>ClipUp.exe</code> in the current folder (from where script is running) and will use it accordingly.</p></li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="hwid" class="section level2"> <h2>HWID</h2> <ul> <li>When using HWID activation, no files are stored on the system, and Windows 10-11 will be activated when connected to the internet for the first time.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="ohook" class="section level2"> <h2>Ohook</h2> <ul> <li>If Office is preinstalled then Ohook method will activate the Office immediately without Internet. This activation uses custom sppc.dll file for the activation.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="kms38" class="section level2"> <h2>KMS38</h2> <ul> <li>When using KMS38 activation, no files are stored on the system, and Windows 10-11-Server becomes activated immediately without Internet.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="online-kms" class="section level2"> <h2>Online KMS</h2> <ul> <li>When using Online KMS activation, Windows-Server and Office (Preinstalled) both will be activated when connected to the internet for the first time. This option uses a renewal task for lifetime activation.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="hwid-ohook" class="section level2"> <h2>HWID + Ohook</h2> <ul> <li>In this method, Windows 10-11 will be activated with HWID, and <strong>Office</strong> (Preinstalled) will be activated using Ohook.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="hwid-online-kms" class="section level2"> <h2>HWID + Online KMS</h2> <ul> <li>In this method, Windows 10-11 will be activated with HWID, and <strong>Office</strong> (Preinstalled) will be activated using Online KMS.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="kms38-ohook" class="section level2"> <h2>KMS38 + Ohook</h2> <ul> <li>In this method, Windows 10-11-Server will be activated with KMS38, and <strong>Office</strong> (Preinstalled) will be activated using Ohook.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="kms38-online-kms" class="section level2"> <h2>KMS38 + Online KMS</h2> <ul> <li>In this method, Windows 10-11-Server will be activated with KMS38, and <strong>Office</strong> (Preinstalled) will be activated using Online KMS.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> <div id="online-kms-ohook" class="section level2"> <h2>Online KMS + Ohook</h2> <ul> <li>In this method, Windows-Server will be activated with Online KMS, and <strong>Office</strong> (Preinstalled) will be activated using Ohook.</li> </ul> <hr /> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="links.js"></script> </div> </div> </div> <script> // add bootstrap table styles to pandoc tables function bootstrapStylePandocTables() { $('tr.odd').parent('tbody').parent('table').addClass('table table-condensed'); } $(document).ready(function () { bootstrapStylePandocTables(); }); </script> <!-- tabsets --> <script> $(document).ready(function () { window.buildTabsets("TOC"); }); $(document).ready(function () { $('.tabset-dropdown > .nav-tabs > li').click(function () { $(this).parent().toggleClass('nav-tabs-open'); }); }); </script> <!-- code folding --> <script> $(document).ready(function () { // temporarily add toc-ignore selector to headers for the consistency with Pandoc $('.unlisted.unnumbered').addClass('toc-ignore') // move toc-ignore selectors from section div to header $('div.section.toc-ignore') .removeClass('toc-ignore') .children('h1,h2,h3,h4,h5').addClass('toc-ignore'); // establish options var options = { selectors: "h1,h2,h3", theme: "bootstrap3", context: '.toc-content', hashGenerator: function (text) { return text.replace(/[.\\/?&!#<>]/g, '').replace(/\s/g, '_'); }, ignoreSelector: ".toc-ignore", scrollTo: 0 }; options.showAndHide = false; options.smoothScroll = true; // tocify var toc = $("#TOC").tocify(options).data("toc-tocify"); }); </script> <!-- dynamically load mathjax for compatibility with self-contained --> <script> (function () { var script = document.createElement("script"); script.type = "text/javascript"; script.src = "https://mathjax.rstudio.com/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"; document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script); })(); </script> </body> </html>