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Activate Windows 10 Enterprise

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Testing the Windows 10 Enterprise image from MSDN or VLSC?

If Your machine is not domain-joined or you do not have a KMS server, you can activate Your enterprise installation With a MAK-key. This is usually if you have a MSDN or VLSC account.

Activation it easy:<

Press:
Win key
Type:
CMD
Right Click on Command Promt and Select “Run As Administrator”
Then type:
slmgr.vbs /ipk <windows key>

Your machine is now activated and configured as a KMS (Key Management Service) host
kms aktivering

Getting Cortana and Windows 10 outside supported language

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Install correct Language:
For all MSDN & VLSC users out there, if you want to make use of Cortana remember to install US-English version or another supported language of Windows 10. If you do not do that, there is no way to enable Cortana at the moment.

Don’t change default language
Install in with default keyboard, language. Just leave everything to default.

Don’t log in with a Microsoft Account Yet
It seems that if you log in with your MSA/Azure AD account even on a supported language Cortana will be disabled because your Azure AD or MSA might have regional settings.
Choose “Join a domain”

join domain windows 10 enterprise

Run Cortana
She will prompt you to log in with your Microsoft Account, that’s okay now

Activate Windows
Do it.

Connect your Microsoft Account
Then connect your MSA and log in/out

You can now use Cortana

cortana on windows 10 enterprise

 

Windows 10 bootable USB Stick with UEFI support

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How to make a Windows 10 Bootable USB stick that support UEFI boot.

Requirements:

  • 4 Gb USB stick/flash drive
  • Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise/Education Installation files (either their own image, MSDN or from the Volume Licensing website)
  • A PC or tablet!
Make a bootable USB flash drive using DISKPARTRun CMD.EXE as an administrator (Win-X then A), then run DISKPART with the following commands (not case-sensitive):
Command What it does
LIST DISK                 Shows all mounted disks.  Find your USB flash
SELECT DISK n          Selects the disk that future commands will use.  Replace ‘n’ with the disk # for your USB flash drive.NOTE:  Be careful that you don’t select your hard disk!  The next command will wipe the selected drive clean.
CLEAN Erases all previous partition & volume information on the flash drive.
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY    Partitions the flash drive as one partition for the whole drive.
SELECT PARTITION 1          Selects the new partition so future commands will operate on it.
ACTIVE                    Marks the new partition as active so the BIOS/UEFI can boot to it.
FORMAT FS=FAT32  QUICK        Formats the partition as FAT32.(NOT NTFS!)  EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!
ASSIGN                   Assigns a drive letter to the flash drive.
EXIT                        Exits DISKPART

At this point your USB drive is formatted.  DO NOT format the drive with Windows Explorer or format.com; you will not be able to boot from it.

Simply Copy files to the USB Drive and Prep the Windows 10 Image on the USB drive.

1. Copy Files

  • Use File Explorer

or

  • Copy files using (use XCOPY or ROBOCOPY) both of which are available in Windows 7/8/10.robocopy <source directory> <usb flash drive root directory> /mir
  • Example:  robocopy d:\Win10Files e:\ /mir
    (Change the destination to the folder that you have extracted Windows image on disk)

2. Prep the USB using CMD

  • Run CMD
  • Go to the directory where your winfiles are
  • cd boot (e.g. c:\win10pro\boot\)
    bootsect /nt60 X: (X is the drive latter of your USB drive )

 

Booting from the USB drive:Method 1: 

  1. Enter UEFI/BIOS Screen
  2. Set to boot from USB
  3. Disable Secure Boot

Method 2

  1. Press Windows Key + R
  2. Enter : shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
  3. After the system restarts – Click boot from another device
  4. Select USB device
Install Windows 10Go through normal Windows 10
Finishing up

  • Go back into the BIOS / UEFI and re-enable secure boot
  • Run Windows Update to get latest updates
  • Congratulations! – You are running Windows 10

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