Win8/Win8.1 Tip: How to skip the installation key Step

Many ordinary users who plan to upgrade from XP, Win7 to Win8/Win8.1 system find that the Win8/Win8.1 MSDN original system installation is difficult. The installation process also needs to enter the installation key, otherwise it will not be able to enter the next step, so some new users re-select the Ghost Win8 system one-click installation.

To skip this installation key, you only need to use an ei.cfg file. In the tutorial on how to integrate Win8.1 into Win8.1 Update full image, it also indirectly describes how to make ei.cfg file.

The specific operation is as follows:

1, download Win8/Win8.1 MSDN original system

2, for example, using the popular U disk installation, making a U disk system Startup Disk.

3, use Notepad to create a new empty text, rename it to ei.cfg, note: the suffix is ​​named cfg

Note:

1, [EditionID]: version name

For example: the retail version of Win8/Win8.1 system includes Professional, Core two versions (others also include ProfessionalWMC, Enterprise)

2, [Channel]: channel,

For example: Retail, Volume, OEM (OEM)

3, [VL]: Whether it is a batch version, optional value 0 or 1)

For example: 0 stands for Retail retail version, 1 stands for Volume Volume License Edition

For example, if a normal user downloads the retail version of Win8/Win8.1 MSDN system, you can enter the following command in order:

[EditionID]

[Channel]

Retail

[VL]

0

4, then copy the ei.cfg file to the U disk Disk X:\\sources directory (X: stands for U disk drive letter)

5. Finally, during the system installation process, we can skip the installation key input link directly