MicroWin stops at license key

[jandrews65]

Describe the bug

When running the install with MicroWin, I have no license key to give since the license key is delivered when I connect to the domain.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Reaching the screen where you enter the license key
2. Pressing "I have no license key"
3. The install does not continue.
4. The install reverts to the boot screen again and loop around again.

Expected behavior

I expected that when I click "I have no license key" the install will carry on as it does with the Microsoft original.

Screenshots

Additional context

[SantiagoPintos]

Yes, I'm having the same problem, the installer aborts the installation with the following message "setup has failed to validate the product key".

[zr0fve]

Same issue still as of Feb 2025. Not sure what is causing this.

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ISO was created from Win11_24H2_EnglishInternational_x64.iso It had the following errors:

Index chosen: '6' from 6 : Windows 11 Pro
The Windows Image Build Version is: 10.0.26100.1742
Mounting Windows image. This may take a while.
The Windows image has been mounted successfully. Continuing processing...
Remove Features from the image
Unable to get information about the features. A fallback will be used...
Error information: Class not registered

You can re-enable the disabled features at any time, using either Windows Update or the SxS folder in <installation media>\Sources.
Removing features complete!
Removing OS packages
Unable to get information about the packages. A fallback will be used...
Error information: Class not registered

It had significant amount of lines of the ff:

Unable to get information about the packages. A fallback will be used...
Error information: Attempted to divide by zero.

After that this error was next:

Write-Error:
Line |
5057 |          "WPFMicrowin" {Invoke-Microwin}
     |                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | An unexpected error occurred: The script failed due to call depth overflow.
Unmounting Registry...
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.
ERROR: The parameter is incorrect.
Cleaning up image...
Cleanup complete.

Then it created an ISO which I booted using Ventoy only to be blocked by license key error below:

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This issue was marked as stale due to inactivity.

[Real-MullaC]

@jandrews65 Do you know whether you can still get this issue?

[zany130]

https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/issues/3422

apperently this can be bypassed with VirtualBox?

unfortuatly I cant test cuz I don't have access to virtual box. but the issue still happens in libvirt on linux on when running the iso on bare metal

[KevinStirling]

Also running into this issue on amd 5800x3d system, using an asus x570 tuf mobo ... Following up to say I did not encounter this issue on a fresh stock win 11 install. I'm guessing it had to do with my lightly modified windows 10 install I was attempting to build the ISO on.

[genesis224]

in my end i just pressed this and it leads me to installing it without asking for keys. Alhough the ui is like a windows10/legacy version

[jeshua-gnnzlz]

i have the same problem

[JoaoMendesMartins]

Same problem here