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Microsoft* OEM Activation 3 through Intel® Integrator
Toolkit 5.0
Version 1.7
March 5, 2012
Overview
This document covers the usage of Intel® Integrator Toolkit 5.0 (ITK 5.0) for Microsoft* OEM
Activation 3 (OA3). This includes how to access the necessary tools, which BIOS files support
OA3, and the command line process to follow for OA3.
ITK 5.0 currently supports OA3 in both 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows and WinPE. DOS
environments are currently not supported; DOS will be supported in future versions of ITK 5.0.
Access to newer versions will be provided through the same channels listed below.
Integrator Toolkit 5.0 is the supported Intel tool for OA3, and should be used in place of
previously released tools. Specifically, OA3INTEL.EXE will likely not work on future platforms.
The files referenced are from ITK 5.0 beta release version number 5.0.0.538.
OA3 File Requirements
Intel Integrator Toolkit 5.0 is required for OA3. For the test process, only the command line
version of ITK 5.0 will be available. These files will also be available with a full install of ITK 5.0.
OA3 is only available through command line interfaces.
An additional OA3 payload file is required as well. This file is typically named DM.bin. To
perform OA3, an official payload file must be obtained from Microsoft.
Microsoft’s Oa3tool.exe is recommended for OA3. In the demonstration below oa3tool.exe is
used to validate the current status of OA3.
These files will be available on Intel's Download center.
Intel Integrator Toolkit 5.0 can also be accessed through Intel Business Link (IBL) or Intel
Business Portal (IBP). If you need access through these methods, please contact your Intel
Representative.
OA3 Board and BIOS Requirements
The following existing Intel Desktop Boards support OA3 with the listed BIOS version number
and any newer BIOS version number. Upcoming boards will support OA3 as well.
Product Name Minimum BIOS Version Number
DP67BG BG2053
DP67BA BA0070
DP67DE BA0070
DZ68DB DB0029
DQ67SW SW0054
DQ67OW SW0054
DQ67EP SW0054
DB65AL AL0054
DH67CL BL0128
DH67BL/VR BL0128
DH67GD BL0128
DH67CF BL0128
DH61BE BE0029
DH61SA BE0029
DH61CR/WW BE0029
DH61DL BE0029
DH61AG AG0035
OA3 Command Line Process
This process is intended to validate ITK 5.0’s OA3 functionality, not to simulate usage in a
production environment. The following steps will walk through checking OA3 status on an
existing system with OA3Tool, using ITK 5.0 to enable OA3, and then validating its success with
OA3Tool.
1. Ensure the proper ITK 5.0 file (VCUSTW64.exe or VCUSTW.exe) is accessible from the
target system via HDD, network, USB, etc.
2. Obtain and install OA3Tool from Microsoft. This is not required to enable OA3, but is
used in this demonstration to validate OA3 status before and after OA3 is enabled.
Ensure these files are also accessible from the target system.
3. If using Windows, open a command prompt from the target system. Click the start
menu, type “cmd” into the command line and press enter.
Note: OA3 must be run under administrator mode in Windows. This can be set by either
disabling User Account Control, or by setting the program to run as an administrator.
4. Verify the current status of your OA3 by navigating to the location of your OA3Tool from
the target system and running the validate command as follows.
32 bit windows: oa3tool32 /validate
64 bit windows: oa3tool64 /validate
If the system is not activated the program will produce an error as below.
5. Navigate to the location of the ITK 5.0 command line file and run the activation
command from the target system as follows.
64 bit: vcustw64 -oa3 -oemid=Name -tableid=Name -oadata=file
32 bit: vcustw -oa3 -oemid=Name -tableid=Name -oadata=file
OEMID and TableID are both OEM specific. OAData is the payload file received from
Microsoft. Entering the full directory path to the payload file is necessary.
The target system should now restart. The system must restart for changes to take
place.
6. You can now verify your activation by running the validate tool again, as in step four. If it
was successful the program will produce information as below.
7. (optional) You can clear OA3 data by navigating to the location of the ITK 5.0 command
line file and running the following command.
64 bit: vcustw64 -oa3 -oaclear
32 bit: vcustw -oa3 -oaclear
Your target system should automatically restart. The system must restart for OA3
changes to take effect and be visible, including clearing data.
8. (optional) You can run the validation tool as in step four to show the element not found
error signifying OA3 data has been cleared.
OA3 Error Messages
Error Message Cause
Error Occurred while updating the OEM Activation 3.0 Data Updating OA3 section data failed.(PE ,DOS)
OEM Activation 3.0 data is not present OA3 variable (payload file) not found(PE,DOS)
Unable to update OEM Activation 3.0 data Updating OA3 variable failed.(PE,DOS)
Assistance
For details about Microsoft OEM Activation requirements or access to the OA3 tools and files
please contact your Microsoft representative.
For details about Intel OA3 Board support and questions about, or access to, Intel Integrator
Toolkit 5.0 please contact your Intel representative.