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How to Backup and Restore Windows 7 Activation Status.
Problem:
Every time I reinstall the Windows 7 operating system I have to activate on-line so now I want to backup and restore windows 7 activation status. If your re-installing a lot and don't want to burn up your activations or the internet is down it can be a problem to get activated. But the problem is how to do that and not activate on-line.
Solution:
Using Token Restore RETAIL Tool by Paymyrent
Token Restore will back-up the activation files: tokens.dat, pkeyconfig.xrm-ms and your key, don't change key.txt because it's used to restore the activation. Then you don't go online to get activated if you have to reinstall Windows 7
Make sure you have activated Windows 7 on-line with your key and do the following:
For RETAIL version or OEM SLP Activation:
Download the correct Windows 7 Activation Backup Tool:
View attachment Token restore.zip
Run "Token Restore.exe"
Click "Backup" button and browse for folder you have made to save your Windows 7 activation status to files. Use the "Make New Folder" and name it "Windows 7 Backup Activation" or whatever you choose to name it.

Token Restore is saving Windows 7 activation information.

Finally, the activation status is saved as three files.
You must keep these three files (key.txt, pkeyconfig.xrm-ms and tokens.dat) in good condition and don't make any changes to them.
Keep the three files on another drive or CD-RW disc along with the Windows 7 Activation Backup tool.
To restore Windows 7 activation status, just click "Restore" button and locate the backup files you saved before. I just keep the three backup files and the Token Restore program in the same folder and use it from that folder.
Tips
Those tools must be used on your OWN GENUINE Windows 7 to make a backup of the activation.
Once you have backup windows 7 activation status you can restore any time when you reinstall windows 7. The only condition is there should not be any hardware change and this tool is not for bypassing windows 7 activation. You must have genuine windows 7 product key to use this tool.
I have used this tool and it works! Once you have the three files backed up, it is a very simple matter to do the restoration of the key on the new install.
P.S.
I am not the original author of this guide/tutorial, it was written by PAYMYRENT
I originally got this little guide from: www.mydigitallife.info Then a friend of my did the screenshots and re-worded it to make it easier to understand.
Then I had done a "Copy & Paste" of it to a Word document and stored it on one of my external hard drives, it was from the Word document I did the "Copy & Paste" to here plus uploading the image files to: www.imageshack.com for the direct linking of the images.
Problem:
Every time I reinstall the Windows 7 operating system I have to activate on-line so now I want to backup and restore windows 7 activation status. If your re-installing a lot and don't want to burn up your activations or the internet is down it can be a problem to get activated. But the problem is how to do that and not activate on-line.
Solution:
Using Token Restore RETAIL Tool by Paymyrent
Token Restore will back-up the activation files: tokens.dat, pkeyconfig.xrm-ms and your key, don't change key.txt because it's used to restore the activation. Then you don't go online to get activated if you have to reinstall Windows 7
Make sure you have activated Windows 7 on-line with your key and do the following:
For RETAIL version or OEM SLP Activation:
Download the correct Windows 7 Activation Backup Tool:
View attachment Token restore.zip
Run "Token Restore.exe"
Click "Backup" button and browse for folder you have made to save your Windows 7 activation status to files. Use the "Make New Folder" and name it "Windows 7 Backup Activation" or whatever you choose to name it.

Token Restore is saving Windows 7 activation information.

Finally, the activation status is saved as three files.

You must keep these three files (key.txt, pkeyconfig.xrm-ms and tokens.dat) in good condition and don't make any changes to them.
Keep the three files on another drive or CD-RW disc along with the Windows 7 Activation Backup tool.
To restore Windows 7 activation status, just click "Restore" button and locate the backup files you saved before. I just keep the three backup files and the Token Restore program in the same folder and use it from that folder.
Tips
Those tools must be used on your OWN GENUINE Windows 7 to make a backup of the activation.
Once you have backup windows 7 activation status you can restore any time when you reinstall windows 7. The only condition is there should not be any hardware change and this tool is not for bypassing windows 7 activation. You must have genuine windows 7 product key to use this tool.
I have used this tool and it works! Once you have the three files backed up, it is a very simple matter to do the restoration of the key on the new install.
P.S.
I am not the original author of this guide/tutorial, it was written by PAYMYRENT
I originally got this little guide from: www.mydigitallife.info Then a friend of my did the screenshots and re-worded it to make it easier to understand.
Then I had done a "Copy & Paste" of it to a Word document and stored it on one of my external hard drives, it was from the Word document I did the "Copy & Paste" to here plus uploading the image files to: www.imageshack.com for the direct linking of the images.
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