Vista Clean Install with offline OEM activation

[espo412]

NEVERMIND! WORED LIKE A CHAMP!!!! I had to change the switch to say:

slmgr -ilc lenovo.oemcert.1000036.xrm-ms

I ran this with my command prompt in C: itself with a copy of the file there.

Hope this helps! Score!!!!

What do you mean you had to change it? I noticed you added an extra 0 or is that just a typo?

[stallen]

NEVERMIND! WORED LIKE A CHAMP!!!! I had to change the switch to say:

slmgr -ilc lenovo.oemcert.1000036.xrm-ms

I ran this with my command prompt in C: itself with a copy of the file there.

Hope this helps! Score!!!!

What do you mean you had to change it? I noticed you added an extra 0 or is that just a typo?

I plan on going from 32-bit to 64-bit. Please clarify EXACTLY what you typed in. Thanks.

[MaryGladys]

Sorry. I did have a typo! That is what excitement gets you. Anyhow, I copied the lenovo.oemcert.100036.xrm-ms file to my C: drive. Then I navigated to it via the command prompt and typed:

slmgr -ilc lenovo.oemcert.100036.xrm-ms

Whitewolf's documetnation had some path to type and I didn't have to do that....I mean, I got an error when I did it that way. However, the rest of the steps are exactly as Whitewolf stated.

I am running the 64 bit version of Ultimate as we speak :-). Hope this helps!

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MG

[espo412]

MaryGladys, did you use the retail boxed version of 64 bit Vista Ultimate, or was it some sort of OEM 64bit DVD? Thanks.

[stallen]

MaryGladys, did you use the retail boxed version of 64 bit Vista Ultimate, or was it some sort of OEM 64bit DVD? Thanks.

For what it's worth. Supposedly you can do this with the "anytime upgrade" dvd. You can buy the 32-bit or 64-bit versions for $5: http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...a=&cm_ite=feed

[MaryGladys]

MaryGladys, did you use the retail boxed version of 64 bit Vista Ultimate, or was it some sort of OEM 64bit DVD? Thanks.

Espo, I had a full retail version of Ultimate so that is what I used. Stallen is right that the Anytime DVD's will work, as I have seen posts from several folks in other newsgroups about this matter. So long as it isn't OEM, you will be good.

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MG

[freesw]

Hi, I followed this procedure, using the lenovo.oemcert.100036.xrm-ms found on the OEMBIOS repository, and upon running the command slmgr -ilc lenovo.oemcert.100036.xrm-ms received the message that this requires elevated priviledges. I am doing this from the admin account created at initial installation, using the command prompt.

Any advice or suggestions or ideas?

I should mention that I first tried the default Lenovo installation, and found it to be ever bit as bloated as claimed, and this clean installation makes a huge improvement!

TIA

[Toucan]

Any advice or suggestions or ideas?

You can turn off the UAC (User Account Control) first, and than activate.

For turning of UAC, you can google on "how to turn off UAC" and you will find the detailed steps.

[Toucan]

You can buy the 32-bit or 64-bit versions for $5: http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...a=&cm_ite=feed

Thanks for the information. I just ordered one 64-bit version there.

[freesw]

You can turn off the UAC (User Account Control) first, and than activate.

For turning of UAC, you can google on "how to turn off UAC" and you will find the detailed steps.

Thanks! Worked perfectly.

This clean install method really is a vast improvement over the default Lenovo installation.