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Windows 10 unlike Windows 7 OEM activation needs to check online for activation, so its not possible to do so legally.

abbodi is always publishing ms links as they are updated https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/repack-visual-c-redistributable-runtimes-2021-02-22.76588/page-28 It also appears microsoft have some static links on this site (look under Other Tools) https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

Do not use all those tools, choose one and stick with that... ntlite is very user friendly, and I think this also have an option where you check what features you want to preserve and it will hide any components that will break that feature. https://www.ntlite.com/tutorial-for-creating-and-testing-a-700mb-windows-10-iso/

BAH HUMBUG!

Saw this on YouTube, thought you all would like.

What do you mean by Internet Driver, are you talking about your Ethernet or your WiFi driver? To find the latest compatible driver you need to know the hardware id, you can find this in the device manager. There are tools you can use to mount your Windows install media and integrate drivers. BTW I do not recommend you switch from Windows 10 to 7, this is very risk as Windows 7 will no longer receive any updates and this will leave you vulnerable.

Its not legal (of course,) the KMS activators you are referring to install a DLL/fake KMS emulator on your machine, this can be detected/cleaned by anti virus and break the activation... Now if you have a KMS emulated on a outside device, Windows/Office do not know if its real or not.

You can take a look at my Autounattend.xml I have sanitized. it YOU just change the /IMAGE/INDEX Value to the number of the image you want to install in install.wim My XML does not automatically format your drive and install, it will however create a local administrator account and auto login once. It also creates and sets a new Ultimate Performance power plan and registers some of my shell extension DLLs (also schedule PC shutdown at 0400) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key> <Value>1</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>Your Name Here</FullName> <Organization></Organization> <ProductKey> <Key></Key> </ProductKey> </UserData> </component> </settings> <!-- <settings pass="offlineServicing"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA> </component> </settings> !--> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-ErrorReportingCore" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DisableWER>1</DisableWER> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DisableFirstRunWizard>true</DisableFirstRunWizard> <Home_Page>about:Tabs</Home_Page> <SuggestedSitesEnabled>false</SuggestedSitesEnabled> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>Name-PC</ComputerName> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DisableSR>1</DisableSR> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <AutoLogon> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>1</LogonCount> <Username>Name Here</Username> <Password> <Value>3n(rypt3d</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> </AutoLogon> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>powercfg -h off</CommandLine> <Description>Disable Hibernate</Description> <Order>1</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61</CommandLine> <Description>Enable Ultimate Performance Mode</Description> <Order>2</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>powercfg -s e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61</CommandLine> <Description>Sets Ultimate Performance Mode Power Plan</Description> <Order>3</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /c for %i in (CmdOpen HashCheck) do if exist %SystemRoot%\System32\ShellExt\%i.dll regsvr32 /s /i:&quot;NoCopy&quot; /n %SystemRoot%\System32\ShellExt\%i.dll</CommandLine> <Description>Install ShellExt</Description> <Order>4</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /c for %i in (HashTab) do if exist %SystemRoot%\System32\ShellExt\%i.dll regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\System32\ShellExt\%i.dll</CommandLine> <Description>Register ShellExt</Description> <Order>5</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>schtasks /create /sc DAILY /tn &quot;Power Off&quot; /tr &quot;shutdown /s /t 60 /c \&quot;Your PC will shutdown in aproximately 1 minute.\&quot;&quot; /st 04:00 /f</CommandLine> <Description>Power Off Shedule</Description> <Order>6</Order> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen> <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Description>Personal account</Description> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>Name Here</Name> <Password> <Value>3n(rypt3d</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="wow64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /c for %i in (CmdOpen HashCheck) do if exist %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\ShellExt\%i.dll regsvr32 /s /i:&quot;NoCopy&quot; /n %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\ShellExt\%i.dll</CommandLine> <Description>Install ShellExt</Description> <Order>1</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /c for %i in (HashTab) do if exist %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\ShellExt\%i.dll regsvr32 /s %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\ShellExt\%i.dll</CommandLine> <Description>Register ShellExt</Description> <Order>2</Order> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/img/sources/install.wim#Windows 10 Pro" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>

If you have a raspberryPi running all the time on your network (I have a Pi with Pi-hole network wide ad-blocker running always) you can emulate a KMS server on this and activate any version of Office or Windows you'd like https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd

A clean install is best, if you upgrade from Home to Pro you may be missing some stuff. For example many of the "Groups" in "Local Users and Groups" (lusrmgr.msc) are missing.

Thanks guys, I am doing well, just need to job situation to stabilize and will be much better off.

Hello Fellow members, Been away for some time, but now that I have some more free time on my hands maybe I will drop by more often and help out whenever I can. To preemptively answer the obvious question: no, I am no longer doing repacks but I will happily help any repacker on the forum if they ask (just allow me to clean up my inbox as my private message limit has been exceeded) Ric