Activating Windows with PowerShell
You want to activate Windows using PowerShell? Here you go:
$computer = gc env:computername
$key = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
$service = get-wmiObject -query "select * from SoftwareLicensingService" -computername $computer
$service.InstallProductKey($key)
$service.RefreshLicenseStatus()
Note: $key will be followed by your legally obtained product key :)
Comments
- Anonymous
June 18, 2015
This is great, but it didn't work for me...i put their computer name where it says computer name and I keep getting errors. This is for remote activation correct? - Anonymous
June 30, 2015
You don't put your computer name in the script. $computer = gc env:computername will find your computers name from the environment settings. - Anonymous
December 12, 2015
Great script - saved my bacon when I couldn't activate Windows 10 using the GUI - Anonymous
January 20, 2016
hope this work for me. because I am doing an image.