Oem.xrm-ms dell windows 7

All that would come up where notifications about not having a genuine key, and a link to buy a new one. It didn't even offer the phone activation route. It's possible that Dell did some sort of customization to their install, but it certainly didn't work with retail media.

It was nothing but accusations of piracy and prompts to buy a new license. A phone call to Microsoft was less then helpful If it's simply a Dell thing, then that's one more reason to avoid them I guess.

Last edited: Sep 10, DeaconFrost said:. You're experience tells me that you've skipped Vista and Windows 7. That isn't the case anymore, as a disc is a disc is a disc. The only two differences are, is it full or upgrade That's the issue here: it requires two parts , the xrm-ms digital certificate to be installed and since you stated you've got a Dell, then it's the one Dell supplies, which is located in the folder I mentioned in the post above and keep referencing, as well as the royalty key which is inside a script it's just a text file with two commands, one installs the certificate silently and the next activates silently using the royalty key.

The Product Key on the sticker is there only because they need a key on the sticker but every one of them is different - the royalty key for an OEM isn't different, it remains the same for every installation of that OEM's license.

None of this really applies to actual Retail installations, but so far neither of you is using an actual Retail installation. How do I know this? OEM is different and requires those two aspects, the xrm-ms digital certificate and the royalty key. The cscript file has two lines passed as a batch file that look like this: Code:.

Tunnel Vision Weaksauce. Joined Jul 9, Messages I know you have explained it as easy as possible, but I'm a little confused at the steps I need to take to get a clean install of windows the laptop I recently bought. I've never done or read anything like this, so this is all new information for me. Would it just be easier to contact Microsoft or Acer I'm not sure which company would be best to contact about reinstalling windows on my laptop?

I was planning on using the key on the sticker on my laptop along with a windows 7 bit oem disk that I bought to use on my desktop computer. After reading the posts, It seems like my proposed method would not activate, so would just calling either company be the best option? This can get difficult so I'll do what I can to make it as easy as possible even for me and my entirely too long explanations, I just hate people coming back with "You didn't tell me that" ever so I give way more info than usually necessary.

This is not a mini-guide for any Retail installs, period. It only applies to getting Windows 7 installed on OEM branded hardware and activated if you don't have the actual OEM installation media - this is getting much more common since almost every OEM nowadays doesn't provide the physical media anymore. Doesn't matter if it's 32 bit or 64 bit, the info is the same for both, always. The xrm-ms file is already on your PC if you still have the original factory installation in place meaning you haven't actually wiped it clean yet but you intend to using this guide, perhaps.

Again, I have to repeat this is only for OEM installations of any kind; the xrm-ms certificate doesn't apply towards Retail installations, the file simply doesn't exist since it's a license that ties the Product Key to a given OEM branding. This is a one-shot key meaning that even if Dell were to sell million laptops each with a COA sticker for Windows 7 Home Premium on them and a unique Product Key on each sticker, the royalty key for Dell Windows 7 Home Premium is still the same for all of them; "one key to rule them all" you could joke.

If you still have the factory Vista or Windows 7 installation on the computer, the royalty key is the one you'd get by using a tool like the Magical Jelly Bean Key Finder - it'll never match the one on the COA sticker, as I mentioned before.

The issue that happens when someone with an OEM machine decides to reinstall the OS using a disc other than the one provided by the OEM if you even got one is that it's going to be missing the two crucial components: the xrm-ms cert and the royalty key. That's where most everyone gets stuck. You CAN use any Windows 7 disc to reinstall the OS but, it's not going to be activated properly and branded the branding is the icons, the bitmaps, on the System Properties screen where you'd see the Dell logo, HP logo, that sort of thing.

The branding isn't what most people care about, that's completely optional. But the activation IS critical, obviously. That's where the problems come in because those don't have the files you need. Where's the license? It's that xrm-ms file I keep harping about - without that you're not going to get that OEM machine's installation activated, period. But, when you're using an OEM class key on an OEM class machine, it's going to look for the xrm-ms license the key is tied to; if that xrm-ms cert isn't installed the license the activation will fail, each and every time regardless of what key you're using, even with the royalty key.

The license must be installed first , the key second so the activation can check the license against the key, and you're done. There's no need to call anyone, neither Acer nor Microsoft can help in that situation in the post above anyway. Once that installation is done, and I get to the usable Desktop, I can install the Dell Windows 7 Pro xrm-ms cert in about 15 seconds using that command I already explained. Once that cert is installed and Windows tells me it's installed, which it does , I can then activate the Dell Windows 7 Pro royalty key by using the option to "Change Product Key" in the System Properties which takes about 45 seconds.

Once that's done, I'm activated and licensed and official, the only thing left that I do is add the Dell bitmap and a custom Dell wallpaper I created a long time ago, and that's about it. Simplest terms without even creating a new install DVD?

Thank you very much for the writeup. I never knew any of this existed before today, so because of you're hard work, I now know more than I did before! For the life of me, I cannot find the xrm.

I did a search for all xrm. None of the files have the word "Acer" in the file name, but is that what I should be looking for? Is there a certain way I have to search for it? Any help is greatly appreciated. Mail will not be published required. A Windows product key that tells the system to use OEM activation instead of the traditional Microsoft activation process. These keys are not specific to a particular OEM and are interchangeable.

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