I cannot vouch for KMS AutoNet as I tried MS Toolkit first and it fixed me up immediately. They were actually correct about the ability of Microsoft Toolkit to easily fix the problem. I hope someone at TenForums can advise a non-taboo utility or guided commands that toggle from one licence type to another.Īs for the couple taboo utilities folks suggested might help. As my original post indicated, I'm dealing with PCs with genuine digital entitlements and asked how to switch Windows 10 from VLK to retail. I'm not an advocate stealing folks hard work. It's my fault for not realizing he added an ei.cfg file tagging the media as VLK. He subsequently slipstreamed in vital updates and drivers before being kind to share the updated ISO with me. He said he even confirmed the checksum after download apparently because he's had corrupt downloads in the past. Product Description: Win 10 RTM Professional RetailĬrypto ID: Bat 1 FreeBooter I asked my IT pro buddy if his January updated ISO came from a genuine Microsoft source.

Product Key: VK7JG-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-3V66TĪctivation ID: XXXXX -cdf1-4de9-8ae8-XXXXX Product Description: Win 10 RTM Professional Volume:GVLK Product Description: Windows(R) Operating System, VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel

I immensely appreciate advice as to overcoming my bonehead mistake. I don't have experience with them just yet and below is info they output regarding the media. One person suggested some utilities called KMS AutoNet or Microsoft Toolkit might be able to change the media type away from KMS to retail. (Ideally in the live virtual machine image so I can recapture/redeploy it, yet its worth knowing now to do it on an already imaged PC or the original install media) Now I'm left hoping I can overcome my mistake by file/settings adjustments to rip out my VLK/KMS mistake and successfully adjust it so that it will auto activate via the digital entitlements that all of these PCs have on file with Microsoft. When I imaged the first PC, Windows activation rightly advises me it's unable to activate via KMS. I made the foolish mistake of using VLK media instead of retail media from the start. I spent a day preparing a 10 Pro image for capture in a virtual machine intended to be deployed to numerous 10 Pro 'digital entitlement' PCs upgraded from 7.

Win 10 rtm professional retail key