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Since we don't have any Groups here, I thought it might be useful to post what little I've learned about the tools available for Win8 Activation/Validation scenarios.
1) MGADIag will run - but is almost irrelevant, as much of the information it checks has moved
.
2) The tool which is replacing it is built-in to the OS - as LicensingDiag.exe.
It must be run under an Elevated Command Prompt (or Powershell) and requires two parameters
-report <filename>
-log <CAB filename>
Note that it will run with only the -report parameter, and produce the output file - but that it will then ingracfully crash. I hear that there are battles within MS to get it to behave better, or to default on any unentered parameters
3) The output is vastly different to that from MGADiag - and from what I've seen so far, is a lot less informative....
Here's the output from my current VM
Note the lack of a File MisMatch section particularly. I've had problems getting anything to come up in the TamperedItems section of the report without physically changing files - permissions seem to make little difference, and many of the files that I expected to be tracked don't appear to be, and the error messages that appear in the MGADiag File Mismatch section don't appear in the TamperedItems list when a file is detected as tampered - so you have no idea where to start looking for a problem.
Obviously, there's no Office section, since the OGA program went its own way at the launch of O2010.
As far as validation goes, it appears to be 'normal' - but the normal manual validation methods don't operate.
Going to www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate I get an Unsupported OS error.
Attempting to download WinXP Mode, I get directed to a mess
Downloading a WGA-required item from the Download Center, validation appears to work as normal.
HTH - I'll add more when I know more.
1) MGADIag will run - but is almost irrelevant, as much of the information it checks has moved
.
2) The tool which is replacing it is built-in to the OS - as LicensingDiag.exe.
It must be run under an Elevated Command Prompt (or Powershell) and requires two parameters
-report <filename>
-log <CAB filename>
Note that it will run with only the -report parameter, and produce the output file - but that it will then ingracfully crash. I hear that there are battles within MS to get it to behave better, or to default on any unentered parameters
3) The output is vastly different to that from MGADiag - and from what I've seen so far, is a lot less informative....
Here's the output from my current VM
Code:
<DiagReport>
<LicensingData>
<ToolVersion>6.2.8250.0</ToolVersion>
<LicensingStatus>SL_LICENSING_STATUS_LICENSED</LicensingStatus>
<LicensingStatusReason>0x00000000</LicensingStatusReason>
<LocalGenuineState>SL_GEN_STATE_IS_GENUINE</LocalGenuineState>
<LocalGenuineResultP>1</LocalGenuineResultP>
<LastOnlineGenuineResult>0x00000000</LastOnlineGenuineResult>
<GraceTimeMinutes>0</GraceTimeMinutes>
<TotalGraceDays>0</TotalGraceDays>
<ValidityExpiration>2013-01-15T23:59:59Z</ValidityExpiration>
<ActivePartialProductKey>4YR-GMH79-4JKVJ</ActivePartialProductKey>
<ActiveProductKeyPid2>00127-83180-48150-AA752</ActiveProductKeyPid2>
<OSVersion>6.2.8250.2.00010100.0.0.074</OSVersion>
<ProductName>Windows 8 Consumer Preview</ProductName>
<ProcessorArchitecture>x86</ProcessorArchitecture>
<EditionId>Prerelease</EditionId>
<BuildLab>8250.winmain_win8beta.120217-1520</BuildLab>
<TimeZone>GMT Standard Time(GMT)</TimeZone>
<ActiveSkuId>9d0bb49b-21a1-4354-9981-ec5dd9393961</ActiveSkuId>
<ActiveSkuDescription>Windows(R) Operating System, RETAIL channel</ActiveSkuDescription>
<ProductUniquenessGroups>55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f</ProductUniquenessGroups>
<ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>1a0f9616-2bb6-71be-61fc-5f1a5e457557</ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>
<ActiveProductKeyPidEx>03612-01278-318-048150-00-2057-8250.0000-0622012</ActiveProductKeyPidEx>
<ActiveProductKeyChannel>Retail</ActiveProductKeyChannel>
<ActiveVolumeCustomerPid></ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>
<OfflineInstallationId>147229537794459184326257948167041540076176142582526942923943205</OfflineInstallationId>
<DomainJoined>false</DomainJoined>
<ComputerSid>S-1-5-21-1854824834-300440695-3344265929</ComputerSid>
<ProductLCID>1033</ProductLCID>
<UserLCID>2057</UserLCID>
<SystemLCID>1033</SystemLCID>
<CodeSigning>SIGNED_INFO_PRS_SIGNED</CodeSigning>
<ServiceAvailable>true</ServiceAvailable>
<OemMarkerVersion></OemMarkerVersion>
<OemId></OemId>
<OemTableId></OemTableId>
<Manufacturer>innotek GmbH</Manufacturer>
<Model>VirtualBox</Model>
<InstallDate>20120302213705.000000+000</InstallDate>
</LicensingData>
<HealthCheck>
<Result>PASS</Result>
<TamperedItems></TamperedItems>
</HealthCheck>
<GenuineAuthz>
<ServerProps>GenuineId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;OemId=;OptionalInfoId=;Pid=tV4Cnq8pd4MRvbmHPEgZaZOpcbzTXkGgBOSngWnNxB4=;SkuId=9d0bb49b-21a1-4354-9981-ec5dd9393961;TimeStampServer=2012-03-09T13:23:13Z;</ServerProps>
</GenuineAuthz>
</DiagReport>Note the lack of a File MisMatch section particularly. I've had problems getting anything to come up in the TamperedItems section of the report without physically changing files - permissions seem to make little difference, and many of the files that I expected to be tracked don't appear to be, and the error messages that appear in the MGADiag File Mismatch section don't appear in the TamperedItems list when a file is detected as tampered - so you have no idea where to start looking for a problem.
Obviously, there's no Office section, since the OGA program went its own way at the launch of O2010.
As far as validation goes, it appears to be 'normal' - but the normal manual validation methods don't operate.
Going to www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate I get an Unsupported OS error.
Attempting to download WinXP Mode, I get directed to a mess
Downloading a WGA-required item from the Download Center, validation appears to work as normal.
HTH - I'll add more when I know more.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Win7 64-bit and Win8 32-bit in VM (+ others in VM)
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus K52F
- CPU
- i3
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- it's an i3 :)
- Sound Card
- Conexant (rubbish - or it may be the speakers)
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Internet Speed
- whatever I can get - G3
