You can then verify the status of your ESU license by running the following commands: You should receive the following message prompt that the key was successful:
To confirm your whitelists are setup appropriately, please try the following steps: If your organization is using the Volume Activation Tool (VAMT), the following URLs will also require whitelisting: The following URLs need to be added to your whitelist: If your organization is currently using a proxy firewall, you will need to whitelist the activation endpoints. This can be done through normal Windows updates, SCCM, WSUS or the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Once you confirm that the ESU license key activated successfully you can determine your update strategy.
Below are some steps to guide you on how to install Windows 7 ESU License manually. If this is something your organization decides to move forward with, there are steps that need to be followed to properly roll out this new license to your Windows 7 PCs. We also provided why it is so important to purchase if you are not planning to decommission your Windows 7 workstations. In a previous blog article, we provided information on what the Windows 7 Extended Security Update (ESU) license is.