Windows

Tricks

Activation

Get key?

 wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKe

Check activation:

SLMGR /xpr
slmgr -dlv
slmgr -dli

My desktop 'enterprise' system

Forgot how I activated it. Not sure if it was winslic? or KMSpico. Was working fine for years now 'slmgr /xpr' is giving an expiry at end of month and saying it's a volume license indicating it's probably KMS?

Trying: slmgr /rearm

After they I should try: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/kms_vl_all-smart-activation-script.79535/#post-838808

Normally a GenuineTicket.xml upgrade to a 'pro' version would be the best way to go... Not sure if their is already a HWID upgrade associated with the system. Windows 7 seems hard to install on new systems.

Maybe just try installing Windows 10 Pro over the top and see if it activates.

• REDDIT: best_way_to_activate_windows
• REDDIT: hwidkms38genmk6_download_and_usage_guide

• https://www.aiowares.com/showthread.php?tid=246

Game Computer

• google-chrome
• nvidia driver - or 417.35 (Same for both 680 and 980TI)
  • \\hextor\storage\Windows\Drivers\GeForce
  • TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker
• Change 'game' drive from d: g: (Right click start > 'disk management')
• Create 'bishop' user.
• Automatic Login
  • netplwiz
• Steam
  • Add library to steam
  • ⚙ >Friends List > Sign in to friends when steam starts > OFF
  • Disable Streaming
  • Maybe enable downloads while in game?
  • Disable steam overlay?
• Create game shortcuts...
• Add non-steam games to steam?

choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation
cinst GoogleChrome geforce-game-ready-driver directx vcredist-all vcredist2015 visualstudiocode windirstat vlc 7zip

Note: Why is vcredisk-all and cvredist2015 both needed? A game complained untill 2015 was manually installed...

Note: geforce-game-ready-driver didn't install first time I tried this throwing a 404... If it's still broken then remove it....

• Set speakers to 'stereo' to fix missing voices in Just Cause 4.
• Create Restore Point
• Fix grub :(

Fix Issue

chkdsk C: /f /r /x
chk dsk /f /r
sfc /scannow
dism/online/cleanup-image/restorehealth
dism /image:C:\ /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

Post install

Chocolatey

• cmd.exe as admin:

 @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

• cmd.exe as admin

 cinst ChocolateyGUI GoogleChrome vlc steam 7zip visualstudiocode vcredist-all git Firefox  Python Prime95 SpeedFan cpu-z Gimp LibreOffice jre8 Deluge TightVNC flashplayerplugin adobereader putty sysinternals inkscape atom virtualbox wget paint.net cygwin windirstat golang openssh procmon docker console2 nmap tor-browser

• Rust? rustup?

choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation

• https://chocolatey.org/packages/wsus-offline-update (Why is this a thing I linked too?)
• teamviewer (Never used this... maybe I was considering it for Catherine's computer?)
• classicshell (Never used this either...)

Optionally:

 iTunes (Or maybe not...)

• https://github.com/ElPumpo/TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker

Analysis

• Process Monitor