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Windows 10 Subscription Activation via Powershell
We recently purchased E3 Subscription licenses for Windows 10. Microsoft's documentation states for exisiting enterprise deployments, the following script should be ran via a command line: @echo off...
Figured it out. Had to add -filepath after start-process. It now activates the embedded key! Thank you so much!
$ProductKey = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName SoftwareLicensingService).OA3xOriginalProductKey
if ($null -ne $ProductKey)
{
start-process -filepath c:\Windows\System32\changePK.exe -ArgumentList "/ProductKey $ProductKey"
}
$ProductKey = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName SoftwareLicensingService).OA3xOriginalProductKey
if ($null -ne $ProductKey)
{
start-process -filepath c:\Windows\System32\changePK.exe -ArgumentList "/ProductKey $ProductKey"
}
Totally native Powershell & remote activation:
cls
$computer = $env:computername
$ProductKey = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName SoftwareLicensingService).OA3xOriginalProductKey
if ($ProductKey) {
write-debug "set $ProductKey"
$service = get-wmiObject -query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService" -computername $computer
$service.InstallProductKey($ProductKey )
$service.RefreshLicenseStatus()
$service.RefreshLicenseStatus()
write-debug "done"
}else{
write-debug 'Key not found!'
}