7/8/2014 Windows Embedded Standard 7 product keys are used to: • Determine the grace or evaluation period of an image. • Generate a product identifier (PID) to identify each unique installation of Standard 7. Standard 7 uses a new type of activation called 'Embedded Activation' that provides automatic activation when a valid Volume License Runtime key is used during image creation.

Images created without a product key or with a 180-day Evaluation License key will expire at the end of their trial period and cannot be activated or upgraded. Key Type Trial Period Product Key Entered No Key 30-day trial period for evaluation after first boot. • Do not include product key in the answer file. Technisolve Software. Story And Structure Laurence Perrine Pdf on this page. • Do not enter a product key in the out-of-box experience (OOBE) file. Or • Enter all zeros in the answer file in Shell-Setup ProductKey setting for the Specialize configuration pass.