Windows 10: ShowKeyPlus

lx07 said:

Iceland isn't in the EU and anyway they went bust during the banking crisis so probably need every penny they can get.

Yeah I lose track of which are and are not. All EU countries do this now though. I have bought software from US to later get emails saying they had not collect vat. It applies to all imports over £18 in UK. I do not know how EU collects the vat though.

Got all development done for UWP... eg. accessing registry hives without loading into registry (by using MS' own offreg.dll component) and working without Admin rights, yet still can't compile the Appx due to fullTrust permissions error...

With all these random issues I'm not surprised the Store is not flourishing.... and MS Store support are nowhere to be seen!

Hellava frustrating trying to trial-and error these things!

Superfly said:

Got all development done for UWP... eg. accessing registry hives without loading into registry (by using MS' own offreg.dll component) and working without Admin rights, yet still can't compile the Appx due to fullTrust permissions error...

With all these random issues I'm not surprised the Store is not flourishing.... and MS Store support are nowhere to be seen!

Hellava frustrating trying to trial-and error these things!

That explains why so many major companies are jumping ship from the app store then

Cliff S said:

That explains why so many major companies are jumping ship from the app store then

Totally agree, they so need to get their act together...WAAS is not gonna happen w/o Store.

Superfly said:

Totally agree, they so need to get their act together...WAAS is not gonna happen w/o Store.

Don't mean to stir up the pot, but it's another classic case where the bean-counters are trying to code.

f14tomcat said:

Don't mean to stir up the pot, but it's another classic case where the bean-counters are trying to code.

Hmmmm... Tsk!

So as it turns out, the compile error was an easy fix... just a default that neded to be over-ridden in the manifest (only MS and approved vendors get FullTrust...) oh, well.

Releases · Superfly-Inc/ShowKeyPlus · GitHub

Passed Windows App Certification with flying colours :)

Code:

Windows App Certification Kit - Test Results
App name:
ShowKeyPlus
App publisher:
Superfly Inc.
App version:
1.1.7.0
App Architecture:
neutral
Kit Version:
10.0.16299.15
OS Version:
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (10.0.16299.0)
OS Architecture:
x64
Report time:
03/01/2018 19:22:44
Overall result: PASSED
User account control (UAC) test
PASSED
User account control run level
Package compliance test
PASSED
Application count
PASSED
App manifest
PASSED
Registry checks
Windows security features test
PASSED
Banned file analyzer
PASSED
Private code signing
Supported API test
PASSED
Supported APIs
App manifest resources tests
PASSED
App resources
PASSED
Branding
App Capabilities test
PASSED
Special use capabilities
Windows Runtime metadata validation
PASSED
ExclusiveTo attribute
PASSED
Type location
PASSED
Type name case-sensitivity
PASSED
Type name correctness
PASSED
General metadata correctness
PASSED
Properties
Package sanity test
PASSED
Platform appropriate files
Results for optional tests
The tests in this section are informational only and will not be used to evaluate your
app during Windows Store onboarding. Investigating failures is recommended to
ensure that users will not be impacted.
Digitally signed file test
PASSED
Install signed driver and executable files
Package compliance test
PASSED
File association verbs
Debug configuration test
PASSED
Debug configuration
Package sanity test
PASSED
Archive files usage
PASSED
Blocked executables

Code:

Please note: Full instructions for installing the certificate under issues https://github.com/Superfly-Inc/ShowKeyPlus/issues/14
Additional info: https://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkeyplus-post1204091.html#post1204091
Once it's installed further Appx's will install as an upgrade and separate certificate installation will no longer be necessary.

Update:
V1.1.1.0
Correction: Loading hives is NOT fixed yet - even with the change from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to HKEY_USERS (loading hives can only be done with elevation which is not allowed - need to implement an alternate method)
- Removed elevation

V1.1.2.0
Fixed dll compile error.
Signed Appx


V1.1.7.0
Fixed offline registry access (using offreg.dll) 
- It will redirect to Regback folder with auto-discovery (forward arrow) - still need to update the title in the ''Retrieve Key'' dialog to that effect
The config/SOFTWARE hive is owned by BUILTIN/Administrators which cannot be accessed by standard user - whereas the Regback/SOFTWARE hive is owned by System which can.

Superfly said:

So as it turns out, the compile error was an easy fix... just a default that neded to be over-ridden in the manifest (only MS and approved vendors get FullTrust...) oh, well.

Releases · Superfly-Inc/ShowKeyPlus · GitHub

Passed Windows App Certification with flying colours :)

Congrats!

Hi @Superfly

Over on seven have a user who was gifted a comp on retirement
From Windows 7 enterprise to a home version - Windows 7 Help Forums

basically the company purchased batches of Dell comps slammed Enterprise on them, KMS .
In this case they were shipped with W8. PRO

Now the more interesting part for you
According to the Mgadiag tool there is a slic table presesnt and the W8 marker
(Which i would expect as they came with downgrade rights to W7)
However when i asked her to run ShowkeyPlus v 1 0 6477
Hoping to confirm it had the Dell Pro product keys embedded
(dont know what it is tho -W8 Pro )
It provides the standard OEM key output
BUT the
OEM version shows as invalid

Roy