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.