Windows Embedded 7 Product Key

[londostuckey]

Hi all,

  My company owns a copy of Windows embedded 7. It comes with 3 DVDs, the first is the toolkit installer DVD. The other 2 are 32-bit and 64-bit Image builder wizard disks. In the case is a single product key. You are supposed to use 2 machines with windows embedded 7, a development machine with win 7 to install the toolkit on, and a target machine to install an image to.

   So you are supposed to be able to load say the 32-bit windows embedded on a machine from the 32-bit image builder wizard disk. Then you would use the WinPE tool to take an image you can then apply to target systems. When setting up windows embedded 7 it asks for a password and a product key just like a regular windows install.

  My problem is the  product key on the inside of the jewel case says invalid key. However, if I install the first dvd, the toolkit, onto a win 7 computer, it asks for a product key, and the one in the case works for the toolkit.

   Shouldn't the same key work with the other disks in the package?

I would love to hear from someone with experience building windows embedded images.

Thanks for reading.

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You should be able to generate a trial image without a key. Developer tools a very liberal for testing and dev. I doubt you will get embedded keys in the retail package, which is what I think you have. Developer licenses are either retail or VL. The embedded image would be licensed through VL or OEM. Iv only dealt with VL, I don't know much about OEM partnership. Because the embedded image is a product you onsell the key won't be in the retail packaging, it would likely be something you order extra