I extracted a Windows_8 ISO and made some changes to ei.cfg. I recomposed the sources back to a bootable UDF ISO but this ISO fails to boot in a VM. I get a blank screen during boot.
Interestingly if I extract the same ISO and recompose it back again without doing any modifications then the ISO...
Hi everybody,
I am writing this in a hope that someone here can help me, as Microsoft helpdesk and OEM reseller are just jer.ing me around.
So, this is how it begins... I bought part to assemble my home PC, and on g2play I bought cheap win 8.1 pro OEM x32/x64 license key. After PC assembly...
64-bit
activation
ei.cfg
genuine key
help desk
home pc
installation
iso
license key
media player
microsoft
oem license
pc assembly
reseller issue
retail version
software issues
tech support
troubleshooting
user experience
windows 8.1
I have downloaded W7 from a few places and I cannot get the ei.cfg trick to work. I have tried two ways. BTW, I use magic ISO, which I am starting to believe is the problem. I d/l the ISO and open it with MI, then delete the ei.cfg file and save as an ISO file, burn to DVD. That gives me a...
blank dvd
boot issues
burning
disc
dvd
dvd-rw
ei.cfg
error
extraction
file deletion
image files
installation
iso
magiciso
media creation
recovery
software issues
troubleshooting
windows 7
windows installation
With perhaps a sub-build still coming, I content 7600 is RTM. Here is my thinking....
1) WINVER shows no expiration date.... all previous builds have had an expiration date.
2) No watermark. All previous builds have had a watermark.
3) Previous RC serials don't work (although 7264 also fits...