I'm suspicious, but hey, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. To my surprise it worked perfectly the first time. I chucked the ISO onto a USB stick ( Ventoy kicks arse for this - dump a bunch of ISOs onto a USB drive and it gives you a menu to select the ISO you want to boot from, very handy) and tested it out on a PC. Don't quote me on this either, but if your devices come with Windows 10 from the factory I think you can use the value '' and the Windows installer will grab the serial from the computer's BIOS.

The serial listed (VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T) is actually a generic serial that is used when your copy of Windows is activated via the hardware in your computer instead of a unique serial - I don't know how it works, but it does. If you visit Microsoft's Windows 10 download website on a Mac or Linux computer (or set your browser to fake being a Mac/Linux machine) it has a direct download link. Here's what I want to achieve:įirst step is getting a Windows 10 ISO and preparing it for deployment. It's what the cool kids do and I want to be cool.

When it came time to install Windows 10 on this latest batch, I thought it would be a good opportunity to move on from using USB flash drives containing Windows 10 made with the Media Creation Tool like a bloody caveman and get all fancy and shit with a PXE server that kicks off a complete unattended install. The first shipment sold quickly so my new PNG based friend asked for more. I'll clean them up, install Windows 10 Pro and add a few bucks margin on each one. I love bargain hunting so said I can grab some laptops locally off Gumtree and Facebook and send them to PNG. A few months ago, a subscriber to The Sizzle that runs a computer shop in Papua New Guinea selling refurbished laptops to local businesses, asked me for help sourcing laptops because their usual supply chain dried up due to COVID-19.

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