

It is also important to realize that ‘gatherosstate.exe’ must be run from Win 7, not Win 10.Īlso, successfully dual booted another clean install of Win 10 with XP, but I guess I can forget about activation unless I buy a new license. Not 100% sure that this was necessary, but that is what I did. This was done based on another tip and as I understood it, its purpose was to convert the Win 7 license into a Win 10 license. Method described here worked perfectly to activate however, BEFORE generating the GenuineTicket.xml on the Win 7 partition, I ran ‘Slmgr /ato’ from admin command prompt on the Win 7 machine. Mission accomplished with Win 10 Pro as clean install, activated, AND as a dual boot with Win 7 Pro on same drive. This method improves the installation process for users who want to clean install Windows 10 as they don't have to upgrade their existing system first before they can run the clean install. This opens the System Control panel and the system's activation status at the bottom of the page. You can verify that easily with a tap on Windows-Pause. The next time you boot into Windows 10 it should be fully activated. If you cannot see it, select File > Options > View > Show hidden files, folders and drives in File Explorer.

