Change Windows Oem To Retail

I, at Microsoft forums usually encounter a large number of cases related to activation-which include a variety of problems. Some have a pirated copy of Windows(which is either done intentionally or by a PC repair shop), some install a wrong version of Windows during a reinstall, some do a motherboard change hence the PC activation becomes void etc. The case #2 is fairly common, where the user installs a different version of Windows during a clean install(most commonly choosing Windows 10 Home rather than Windows 10 Home Single Language), rather than he has the license for. This also applies to when a user sends a PC for repair to a shop where they install either a pirated copy or a different edition of Windows. I would be discussing this case in this article.

• Windows 10 Oem

How to install the correct version of Windows

I would like to inform you that, to change Windows 10 license from OEM to retail is practically impossible. Let’s try to refer to the suggestions given by Andre Da Costa replied on June 18, 2015, to fix your issue. I, at Microsoft forums usually encounter a large number of cases related to activation-which include a variety of problems. Some have a pirated copy of Windows(which is either done intentionally or by a PC repair shop), some install a wrong version of Windows during a reinstall, some do a motherboard change hence the PC activation becomes void etc. Technically an OEM Windows XP Pro key will not activate with retail XP Pro media - at least that's how it is in Vista, W7, and Windows 8. Just like VL key will not activate a FPP media. So really how this SHOULD be done, is to use your retail disk and key to install on your new hardware - and import all the data from your old PC. In some releases of Windows Server, you can also freely convert among OEM, volume-licensed, and retail versions with the same command and the appropriate key. Cases in which you run an evaluation and then need to convert it to retail are numerous. Actually, what I'm looking to do is use one Retail CD, image one machine, copy the image to other machines (all the same), then just use the OEM key from the NB to activate Windows.

If your Windows is not activated after a clean install and you believe you have a genuine license, first of all run the activation troubleshooter. The activation troubleshooter should tell you what is wrong with your license.

Let us take an example. Here the user has Installed Windows 10 Pro where he has got a license of Windows 10 Home Single Language. The activation troubleshooter would say something like this:

In that case, you would have to do a Reinstallation of the correct version of Windows as downgrading editions is not possible. Here are the references for doing a clean install:

How to force Windows 10 Setup media to Install the desired edition

Usually, the installation of the wrong edition of Windows is due to people not knowing that what version license do they have. As they can now know via the troubleshooter, Now, the question here comes that How should you force Windows Setup to install the desired version? The answer is simple, you need to instruct the Setup through a configuration file to install the specific version.

There are a number of cases on this:

• You have a License of Windows 10 Home: To force Windows 10 to install Windows 10 Home during a clean install, you would need to create an ei.cfg file which instructs the setup media to install the mentioned edition and channel. For this do the following steps: (You can also download the file given below and paste it to the sources folder)
  • On the USB drive where Windows 10 Setup is, open Sources folder
  • Right-click New>New Text document.
  • Type in the following:
    [EditionID]
    Core
    [Channel]
    Retail
    
  • Click File>Save As
  • In the file name type in “ei.cfg” (with quotes)
    
  • Here Edition ID means Edition which is Core, Channel is Retail if you purchased it through MS Store.
• You have a License of Windows 10 Home Single Language: This is a pretty common case. To force Windows 10 to install Windows 10 Home SL, you would need to create an ei.cfg file which instructs the setup media to install the mentioned edition and channel. For this do the following steps:
  • On the USB drive where Windows 10 Setup is, open Sources folder
  • Right-click New>New Text document.
  • Type in the following:
    [EditionID]
    CoreSingleLanguage
    [Channel]
    OEM
  • Click File>Save As
  • In the file name type in “ei.cfg” (with quotes)
  • Here Edition ID means Edition which is Home Single Language, Channel is OEM as Home SL language licenses always are OEM System builder license.
• You have Installed Home but have a license of Windows 10 Pro: In that case, you need not to do a clean install. Go to Settings>Update and Security>Activation and click Change Product key and enter your Windows 10 Pro key.

Download for ei.cfg

You can download these Ei configuration files and paste them into sources folder of Windows 10 Media:

As these are config files, Chrome might mark it dangerous. Please click on Keep in order to download.

So by adding a configuration file to Windows, you can install Windows 10 desired version.

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A small note for Windows 10 Home Single Language

As Windows 10 Home Single Language ISOs are not available like Windows 10 Home and Pro, by this method you can create Home Single language Installation media too. This method would also work for doing an inplace upgrade to a more recent version too.

Residing from Chandigarh India, Sumit is a Windows Insider MVP awarded for the first time in 2018. He is also an Independent advisor for Microsoft customers and helps voluntarily as well on the forums.

Last updated on August 28th, 2019

This tutorial contains instructions to convert Windows Server 2016 Evaluation version to Licensed. As you know all Evaluations versions is available for testing for 180 days and after that period you must convert the Evaluation version to Licensed first and to use a valid product key in order to activate Windows Server 2016 (or Server 2019)and use all its features without problems. Ralink rt5390r 802.11bgn wifi adapter driver for windows 10.

How to Convert Evaluation Server 2016 or 2019 to Licensed Version.

To convert Windows Server 2019 or 2016 Evaluation to Licensed (Retail):

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator and give the following command to find the installed version of Server 2016:

• DISM /Online /Get-CurrentEdition

2. Then give the following command to convert the Server 2016 Evaluation version to Full Retail (Licensed):

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• DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerEdition /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula

* Notes:
1. In the above command, change the ServerEdition according to the installed version.

For example…
1. If the installed edition is the 'ServerStandarEval' then the command is:

• DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX /AcceptEula

2. If the installed edition is the 'ServerDatacenterEval' then the command is:

• DISM/Online/Set-Edition:ServerDatacenter/ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx/AcceptEula

2. If you have a KMS host running in your deployment, then you can use a KMS Product key for activation or you can use the KMS key to convert the Evaluation version to licensed and then (after the conversion), to change the product key and activate Windows by using the slmgr.vbs /ipk command.

3. When the operation is completed, press the 'Y' key to reboot the Server and apply changes.

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