Activate a Device Manually Using a Direct Internet Connection (Standard 8)

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7/8/2014

Learn how to manually activate your Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) device by using a direct Internet connection.

If your device has a direct Internet connection, you can manually activate your device by using the Windows Licensing Manager script (SLMGR) or the Windows Activation Client (SLUI).

Prerequisites

  • Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) is installed on your device

    Note

    To use SLUI, Standard 8 must include the following modules:

    • Windows Security Center (Features > Security)
    • Telephony API Client (Features > Application Development Frameworks > Legacy Support)

  • Your device has a direct Internet connection.

  • Administrator user rights on the device

To activate a device manually using a direct Internet connection and SLMGR

  1. On your device, open a command prompt with administrator user rights.

  2. Navigate to the <system drive>:\Windows\System32 folder, and then type cscript slmgr.vbs /ato.

  3. Type the following, and then verify the License Status now displays “Licensed.”

    cscript slmgr.vbs /dlv

To activate a device manually using a direct Internet connection and SLUI

  1. On your device, open a command prompt with administrator user rights and launch SLUI by typing SLUI.

  2. In the Windows Activation tool, click the Activate button.

  3. After a few minutes, activation will complete.

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