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Update: Well, I installed the lastest version of ntlite, and just as you've suggested, nuhi, that took care of the issue. Sorry for not double checking my version status before posting the issue, and I thank you, again, for taking the time to help!

Thanks, nuhi and garlin, for your responses. I had thought that my ntlite was up-to-date, but I'll get the latest and retest this process. Then, I'll update this post with the results. P.S. I know its been several days since I originally posted. I'm very busy with two jobs and family...

Hello, I was just trying to bring an otherwise unaltered, original copy of Win 10 v22H2 up to date using NTLite's Update Downloader. Among the packages automatically categorized as "Missing" and pre-selected for download are "Microsoft.UI.Xaml v2.8" and "Microsoft Visual C++ UWP Runtime v14.00...

Well, its the damnedest thing. Using the same, unaltered install source as before, I reinstalled everything just as I had before. Didn't change a thing as far as I know. Now it says "Unable to reach Windows activation servers." So, it did not automatically activate this time without an...

Well, I'm getting ready to try it all again. Update when I see what happens.

But, still, Windows should have to connect over the internet in order to "automatically" activate, right? In other words, the storage of the affirmed HWID would be on MS's remote servers and not in the generic ISO, requiring it to connect before it could recongnize the previously approved HWID, no?

All I know is that I followed the same routine I always do. I used NtLite to prepare Windows 10 for install, just as I've done at least ten different times now, probably more times than that, actually. And everytime, I've enabled the built-in Administrator account, setting it to automatically...

Another possibility just occurred to me. I have a secondary SSD in this computer that is used for storage and as the install folder for games. Is it possible Windows stored activation information on that drive from the previous install?

O.k. So, you're saying that MS may have simply given my key an automatic pass based on a match to a pre-recorded hardware I.D? I guess that makes sense. But, how would it have activated unless that key and HWID had been stored as part of the Windows install files? Again, I was not connected to...

I just found a text file on a portable hard drive that I'd saved back in 2018 when I had updated my Windows (actually a fresh installation of a NtLite'd microsoft ISO). I saved my Product Key along with the Installation ID and Confirmation Code as I activated by phone, just to have for future...

I don't know what that means.

Here's a screen grab I took earlier:

Its not 3V66T. Its a section of my actual product key. Its either the first group or last group. Can't remember which off the top of my head. (I left the product key card with the retail box at home. So I don't have it with me right now.)

So, I was finally able to run the command on the affected computer. Here's the results: "Windows Scrip Host Name: Windows(R), Professional edition Description: Windows(R) Operating System, RETAIL channel Partial Product Key: XXXXX License Status: Licensed" Note: XXXXX seen above has been...

The affected PC is a htpc/gaming machine that I use at work. (I work in emergency services, so there's lots of down time.) So, it may be a day or so before I can run that command on the PC in question. But, I'll update as soon as I can.

garlin, Thank you for your reply, but: -I don't have a Microsoft Account. (Certainly didn't log into one, and as far as I can rememeber, I've never even created one. Have always used NtLite to disable/remove it.) -I don't have a "digital license" as far as I understand it. I have a full, boxed...

Had something weird happen just after a Windows 10 installation, and I'm wondering if it has happed to anyone else. Windows activated as soon as I entered my Product Key, but I was NOT connected to the internet. Here's how it happened: 1.) Downloaded a fresh 21H2 ISO directly from Microsoft...