Sunday, May 31, 2015

Does the current Windows 10 media creation tool allow Windows 7 product key activation


Today is the 2nd last day before the Windows 10 Free Upgrade offer expires.
I'd like to know - does the current ISO (or installer) downloaded via the Media Creation Tool (MCT) allow for inputting the Windows 7/8/8.1 product key during the install?


This was possible on the 1511 ISO that was only available for a short time and it meant that a clean install became a one step process for activation. But Microsoft decided to pull the ISO from distribution and only allow the 1511 cumulative update to be applied via Windows Automatic Updates.


Can anyone advise if the ISO available today via the MCT has this ability?


Answer



I have just confirmed that the ISO downloaded with the Media Creation Tool is the now 1511 (build 10586) version of the Windows 10 installer by downloading a new ISO using the tool and checking the details of the boot.wim.


So clean installs will work with a 7/8/8.1 genuine product key without first doing an upgrade install.


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