Ever applied a general system image to serveral computers ? With this tool you can make each computer unique in a few minutes and activate Windows. |
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| - | Checks the Windows activation |
| - | Button for activating Windows online |
| - | Creates a set of firewall rules to block all internet access |
| - | Enable/disable buttons for internet access |
| - | Information of current IP settings from selected interface |
| - | Reconfigure hostname and IP settings with optionally prefilled settings |
| - | Reads the original OEM Windows product key from the UEFI BIOS |
| - | Change the Windows product key to the OEM key or a key entered by the user |
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We had to deploy a fully configured Windows 10 environment to over 50 touchscreen computers. These computers required some specific settings:
- Start automatically a local user account and a Java based database application.
- Users are unable to start other then approved programs.
- A unique static IP address and hostname
- All internet access blocked
To start we created one fully configured computer with these specifications but with DHCP for the IP address settings, a dummy hostname and without activating Windows. From this computer we created an image that could be copied to all other computers.
After copying the image to a new computer the hostname and IP address needed to be set and Windows needed to be activated. This can be very time consuming. That's why I wrote this tool that can do these steps in a minute due to some presets that are saved in its configuration file.
This program combines my setID (tool for changing the hostname and IP settings) and wwwBlock (tool for closing the internet connection with a set of firewall rules) programms and adds the abbility to activate Windows 10 with the original OEM Windows product key from the UEFI BIOS by running the Windows activation script slmgr.vbs.
If AfterImage is setup correctly and is included in the image the work instruction for the deployment of a Windows image is much shorter and simpler. Just fill some numbers and press the right button(s).
The first time AfterImage is started it elevates itself by registering with the highest privileges. The Windows User Account Control (UAC) will prompt for confirmation. As long as it is started from the same folder this confirmation is not needed after the first run.
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| AfterImage screenshot |
AfterImage start Windows activation |
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| AfterImage after running slmgr.vbs |
AfterImage network settings |
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No command-line options available. |
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| [Interfaces] |
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| PrefInterface |
Name of the preffered interface (leave blank if none) |
| OnlyEnabled |
Show only enabled interfaces (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| [Presets] |
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| Hostname |
Prefix for hostname |
| FixedHostname |
Hostname readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| DHCP |
DHCP enabled (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| FixedDHCP |
DHCP readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| IPaddress |
Prefix for IP address (e.g. 10.163.61.) |
| FixedIPaddress] |
IP address readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| Mask |
Prefix for mask (e.g. 255.255.254.0) |
| FixedMask |
Mask readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| Gateway |
Prefix for gateway (e.g. 10.163.60.1) |
| FixedGateway |
Gateway readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| DNS1 |
Prefix for DNS1 (e.g. 8.8.8.8) |
| DNS2 |
Prefix for DNS2 (e.g. 213.75.63.70) |
| FixedDNS |
DNS addresses readonly (1 = yes, 0 = no) |
| [FirewallOptions] |
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| RuleNameInbound |
Inbound firewall rule name (e.g. SL_BLOCK_INET_IN) |
| RuleNameOutbound |
Outbound firewall rule name (e.g. SL_BLOCK_INET_OUT) |
| IpRange1 |
IP range below local network (e.g. 1.0.0.0-10.163.59.255) |
| IpRange2 |
IP range above local network (e.g. 10.163.64.0-255.255.255.254) |
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| v1.0 |
Initial setup |
| v1.1 |
Added possibility to change the Windows product key before activation |
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Corrected error retreiving Office license in stead of Windows license |
| v1.2 |
Delayed getting license status after activation (bug 01) |
| v1.3 |
Added real-time clock synchronization button |
| v1.4 |
Start Windows Time service before synchronizing if needed (Bug 02) |
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Clear WMI object after getting current license status (Bug 01) |
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Corrected default values for firewall |
| v1.5 |
Set firewall commands after reading configuration file (Bug 03) |
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| Bug no. |
Version |
Fixed in |
Description |
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v1.1 |
v1.4 |
Incorrect license status after succesfull activation |
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v1.3 |
v1.4 |
Clock not synchronizing when W32Time service is not started (service starts when triggered by OS) |
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v1.4 |
v1.5 |
Firewall configuration changes not accepted |
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None planned.
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You can download AfterImage as a compressed folder containing all files needed. No need to install the software, just unzip, adapt the configuration file AfterImage.ini and run AfterImage.exe.
AfterImage is free for personal and bussiness use and is free to distribute as is as long as the program is not altered and accompanied with the AfterImage text file.
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