Win11 Pro Generic Key
Heron Mathis
Update:
Meanwhile I was able to find out the reason for my reported issue and to solve it.
Reason (very mysterious): The NVMe Controller of my other NVMe SSD (a 1TB Samsung 990 Pro) used the generic Phison NVMe driver v1.5.0.0 WHQL.
Solution: After having replaced the generic Phison NVMe driver by the generic MS Win11 in-box NVMe driver stornvme.sys everything was fine.
Here is the screenshot of the Dashboard after having solved the problem:
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The Windows 11 generic keys are technically default keys that allows you to install the OS without activation. They don't provide you with a licensed copy, but are great for testing new builds. If Windows 11 refuses to install without a product key, or installs a wrong edition, you can specify the appropriate generic key.
You can test Windows 11 before you deploy it to your organization or home. In this case, you can use a virtual machine such as VirtualBox or Hyper-V. You may find it a bad idea to enter your license product key you are using on the real computer to activate a vritual instanse. It may have a limit on the number of activations.
Additionally, there are also product keys for KMS clients. If your OS is supposed to work with a KMS server, you must install the appropriate product key (GVLK) instead of the retail one. The keys are as follows.
So, once you have installed Windows 11 with a generic product key, you won't be able to activate it. However, you may change your mind and decide to make it fully functional. For that, you will need to replace the installed product key with the one that allows activation, e.g. with your retail key.
Note: If you have upgraded to Windows 11 from Windows 10 or Windows 8 with a digital license linked to your Microsoft Account, the operating system will automatically use a generic key during upgrade. That key will be saved to the Registry. Due to that, the tools like Nirsoft ProduKey and similar product key viewers will only show you that generic key. Obiously, you won't be able to use it for clean install with later activation.
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I have uninstalled all the Sierra drivers and installed the generic drivers restarting after each uninstall & install and there has been no change. Only the Sierra Wireless Location Sensor driver are installed.
According to informatik01, passwords saved through the RDP UI end up as "Domain" type credentials and aren't compatible with CG. Passwords saved through cmdkey /generic flag ends up as "Generic" type, and DO work with CG enabled.
For now the "throw the baby out with the bathwater" workaround is toturn off Credential Guard altogether. [...] Once we get a proper whitelistto make exemptions for Credential Guard (or perhaps to make CredentialManager and RDP compatible with Credential Guard), then I'll no longerrecommend turning the feature off.
in the past id just setup the machine, then goto the system properties and add it to the domain using the domian admin username/password, and bam system is part of domain.
however, with these new win 10 pro system, when new, upobn setting them up, they all want either a perosnal ms login user account or to be part of an azure domain?
The downside of that is that this one microsoft account becomes critical - if you need to gain admin access to the device in the future you will need to use this account. A local acocunt is a good backstop for future administration.
thanks, ive never used windows 11 before, theu never setup a new pc with win 11 preinstalled.
typically the systems come preinstalled, i turn it on, and it want my ms account to continue, is it the same with win11?
at what point can i get win 11 to stop and let me create the local user account?
as i recall, last time i could have sworn that when i chose the domain option, it setup some for of user in the azure domain? something to do wit hthe azure, and i was very confused, i forgot the steps i had to do.
After you click on Domain join instead, it will allow you to create a local user. Just input the username and password of your choice. This will be the default local admin account. Windows will use DHCP for the IP address at that time, but you can change it later. Once inside the Windows desktop, you can join the domain as usual. I usually run all the Windows and Microsoft store updates before joining the domain just to make sure all the drivers are updated etc.
I have noticed on installing / refreshing Win11 Pro that there are slight variations to the screens listed above on some machines. Some of the installs are configured in such a way as to give the impression that you must create an MS account to continue. If you have such an install then just hit the back button on screen and when moving to the next screen the correct sign-in options then appear.
Assuming you cannot select the keyboard in Music Maker, in theory the generic Windows 11 drivers should have been installed, however check with the keyboard manufacturer to see if they have Win 11 drivers - if you can only get Win 10 drivers or have them already try re-installing them.
Thx John. Nothing seems to work. The (cheap) keyboard is a Medeli MC49A and they don't have any MIDI drivers available. The only thing I do not understand why it isn't working any longer is that the drivers of a WIN10 and a WIN11 should be the same. But unfortunately no-one can give me an appropriate answer
@Paul-Ranft Is your keyboard listed in the Windows device manager? It should be listed under Sound Video and Game controllers (you can also see hidden devices under the View menu in case you cannot see it). You might try to uninstall it via the right click menu, unplug it, then restart your computer and connect it again. The driver should automatically install itself.
The keyboard is not listed in Device Manager. I checked with 2 different usb-cables that both work fine with my printer and also worked fine under WIN10 (with the keyboard)
It seems that the MIDIside on the keyboard itself is not okay. But that is hard for me to belief. Unfortunately I only have one PC. Otherwise I could check it.
You'll notice below that the first one, Google Maps, does allow sharing to GMail, but the rest, YouTube, Photos, Drive, Google Search, all have a generic "EMail" site to Share to, and it doesn't open GMail on Chrome in Windows.
Hi @Bean.Wang-Q I am having an UMTS And LTE EVB and testing EC200U-CN. I am facing similar issue. The above folder contains windows10 drivers but nor for 11. Would win10 drivers work for Win11? If not, could you please provide the same for win11.
Thank you for the response. I am having connections as below, Where am i making the mistake. Now I have removed the COM1 connector and directly sending AT Commands on the test points using a USB2Serial Convertor. I think this should work, but it is not. The pins are connected to TXD_3V, RXD_3V and GND on connector J806 as below:
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(The problem is probably a combination of 1) that device's driver doesn't support promiscuous mde and 2) a recent change to the Npcap driver caused it so that it no longer attempted to hide the error code that the driver returns from that from some crap code inside Windows that turns the "not supported" error that Npcap will ignore into some generic uninformative error that Npcap has no idea that it should ignore. Thanks, Microsoft!)
No, it's probably due to 1) the Windows 11 driver using the Windows NetAdapterCx framework, 2) the NetAdapterCx framework not strictly following the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) rules, and 3) the Npcap driver expecting all adapter drivers to strictly follow that specification and reporting an error if they don't.
@GuyHarris, This absolutely helped me with this issue. I have Win11Pro 21H2, was getting the error from fresh Wireshark install. I uninstalled and tried multiple things but it didn't work. It wasn't until I saw your comment and noticed I was on npcap version 1.7 which needed to be upgraded to the new 1.74. I no longer have this issue.
At first I though of going for a standard mini ITX case, but non of them would fit the transparency and price requirements at the same time. I also wasn't sure how much modding would be required to fit my R43SG in them. That is when I got the idea of using a generic transparent storage box found in any home supplies store:
1) Make mounting holes in the box cover (it is going to be the base of your case) for the PSU, GPU and bigger slits for the M.2 cable to pass trough. Get angular and straight planks for mounting the PSU on its side. Make sure you leave enough space for ports, cable management and test if the box still closes before cutting the holes. It's a good idea to add some rubber feet for internal support if the plastic flexes from the weight of the PSU/GPU.
2) Cut holes for the GPU and PSU fans and ports/exhaust in the box base (it is going to be the cover for the case). You can use tape with size similar to the fans to draw decent circles. My holes ended up a bit crude but you can always optionally add some sort of filters/grills to cover them up a bit. I used some leftover mosquito net and 90mm fan grills. Try to mainly use saws for all cuts because the model knife might cause cracks in the plastic. I mainly used the knife to smooth out the holes after the saws.
The biggest drawback of this over my old solution or a proper case is that fan noise is quite louder at speeds above 50% and even more so above 75%. Luckily my GPU rarely turns its fans so high, and the PSU never even turns its fan on because it is very lightly loaded.
@corb555, Thanks for the suggestion I might add some of those to the edges of the bottom for improved stability. I think the noise is mainly from the fan holes and exhaust for the GPU being too crude and not big enough resulting in air hitting the plastic. I really messed up some of the cuts on the sides, but the box being so cheap I can always get another one and have a go at making it better. Maybe cutting them with some heat from a soldering iron would work better.
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