switch from HWID to TSforge activation

HWID is hardware-tied and doesn't survive VM migration. TSforge
manipulates the physical activation store directly and is portable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Git Sagar 2026-06-08 21:09:09 +05:30
parent 4c1b710308
commit a588dddc1e
6 changed files with 136 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
smp ? 4,
memSize ? 4096,
nicModel ? null,
# Flatten COW chain into a standalone qcow2 (removes backing file dependency)
compact ? false,
# QEMU timeout in seconds (default 30 min, increase for Windows Update)
qemuTimeout ? 1800,
}:
let
originalImageName = lib.strings.removeSuffix "-vmix" (lib.strings.removeSuffix ".qcow2" originalImage.name);
@ -107,11 +111,11 @@
${cdromArgs} \
-nic user,model=${if nicModel != null then nicModel else if isAHCI then "e1000" else "virtio-net-pci"}"
timeout 1800 qemu-system-x86_64 $VMIX_DISPLAY $QEMU_ARGS || \
timeout ${toString qemuTimeout} qemu-system-x86_64 $VMIX_DISPLAY $QEMU_ARGS || \
if [[ "$VMIX_DISPLAY" == "-display sdl" ]]; then
echo "=== vmix: SDL failed, retrying headless ==="
cp ${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/OVMF_VARS.fd vars.fd && chmod +w vars.fd
timeout 1800 qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic $QEMU_ARGS
timeout ${toString qemuTimeout} qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic $QEMU_ARGS
else
exit 1
fi
@ -125,6 +129,11 @@
[ -n "${diskSize}" ] && qemu-img resize ${resultImg} ${diskSize}
${virtWinRegMerge}
${auditBootCommands}
${lib.optionalString compact ''
echo "=== vmix: compacting image ==="
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 ${resultImg} compact.qcow2
mv compact.qcow2 ${resultImg}
''}
mv ${resultImg} $out
'';
builtImage = pkgs.runCommand customImageName ({

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@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ in rec {
bestPerformance = import ./essentials/best-performance.nix args;
clearFileAssociations = import ./essentials/clear-file-associations.nix args;
virtioDrivers = import ./essentials/virtio-drivers.nix args;
windowsUpdate = import ./essentials/windows-update.nix args;
};
# Applications

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@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
# Apply all available Windows Updates via the Windows Update COM API in Audit Mode.
# Handles reboots automatically — re-registers via RunOnce and continues updating.
# Compacts the image afterward to flatten the COW chain.
#
# Usage:
# essentials.windowsUpdate {}
# essentials.windowsUpdate { maxRounds = 5; }
{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
{ maxRounds ? 3 }:
{
name = "windows-update";
compact = true;
memSize = 4096;
qemuTimeout = 7200;
auditScript = ''
@echo off
setlocal
:: Track update round via a counter file
set "ROUND_FILE=C:\vmix-update-round.txt"
set "MAX_ROUNDS=${toString maxRounds}"
if exist "%ROUND_FILE%" (
set /p ROUND=<"%ROUND_FILE%"
) else (
set "ROUND=1"
)
echo === vmix: Windows Update round %ROUND% of %MAX_ROUNDS% ===
:: Ensure Windows Update service is running
net start wuauserv 2>nul
sc config wuauserv start= auto
:: Remove any update-blocking policies (LTSC may have these)
reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate" /f 2>nul
reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" /f 2>nul
:: Give the service time to initialize on first round
if "%ROUND%"=="1" (
echo Waiting for Windows Update service to initialize...
timeout /t 30 /nobreak >nul
)
:: Run Windows Update via PowerShell COM API
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command ^
"try {" ^
" $session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session;" ^
" $searcher = $session.CreateUpdateSearcher();" ^
" Write-Host 'Searching for updates...';" ^
" $result = $searcher.Search('IsInstalled=0');" ^
" $count = $result.Updates.Count;" ^
" Write-Host \"Found $count updates\";" ^
" if ($count -eq 0) { exit 0 };" ^
" foreach ($u in $result.Updates) { Write-Host \" - $($u.Title)\" };" ^
" $updatesToInstall = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl;" ^
" foreach ($u in $result.Updates) {" ^
" if ($u.EulaAccepted -eq $false) { $u.AcceptEula() };" ^
" $updatesToInstall.Add($u) | Out-Null" ^
" };" ^
" $downloader = $session.CreateUpdateDownloader();" ^
" $downloader.Updates = $updatesToInstall;" ^
" Write-Host 'Downloading...';" ^
" $downloader.Download() | Out-Null;" ^
" $installer = $session.CreateUpdateInstaller();" ^
" $installer.Updates = $updatesToInstall;" ^
" Write-Host 'Installing...';" ^
" $installResult = $installer.Install();" ^
" Write-Host \"Result: $($installResult.ResultCode)\";" ^
" for ($i = 0; $i -lt $updatesToInstall.Count; $i++) {" ^
" $hr = $installResult.GetUpdateResult($i).HResult;" ^
" Write-Host \" $($updatesToInstall.Item($i).Title): code=$hr\"" ^
" };" ^
" if ($installResult.RebootRequired) { exit 3010 } else { exit 0 }" ^
"} catch {" ^
" Write-Host \"ERROR: $_\";" ^
" exit 1" ^
"}"
set "WU_EXIT=%ERRORLEVEL%"
echo Windows Update exit code: %WU_EXIT%
:: Cleanup component store
echo Cleaning up component store...
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase /Quiet 2>nul
:: Check if we need to reboot and continue
set /a "NEXT_ROUND=%ROUND%+1"
if "%WU_EXIT%"=="3010" (
if %ROUND% LSS %MAX_ROUNDS% (
echo Reboot required, scheduling round %NEXT_ROUND%...
echo %NEXT_ROUND% > "%ROUND_FILE%"
:: Re-register ourselves for after reboot
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" /v vmixUpdate /t REG_SZ /d "C:\vmix-audit-script.cmd" /f
:: Immediate reboot (preempts wrapper shutdown)
shutdown /r /f /t 0
exit /b
) else (
echo Max update rounds reached.
)
)
:: Done clean up and shutdown
:: (shutdown here handles both wrapper-invoked and RunOnce-invoked cases)
del /q "%ROUND_FILE%" 2>nul
echo === vmix: Windows Update complete ===
shutdown /s /f /t 10 /c "vmix: windows-update complete"
'';
}

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@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ in
powershell -Command "Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient* | Remove-AppxPackage -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
:: Activate Windows using HWID method
:: Activate Windows using TSforge (hardware-independent, survives VM migration)
if exist C:\MAS_AIO.cmd (
echo. | call C:\MAS_AIO.cmd /HWID
echo. | call C:\MAS_AIO.cmd /Z-
)
:: Activate Office using Ohook method (if Office is installed)
if exist "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" (

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@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ rec {
upstreamISO = upstreamISOs.win10-ltsc-2021;
productKey = "M7XTQ-FN8P6-TTKYV-9D4CC-J462D";
};
basic = customizeImageFold upstream (with templates; [
# Apply all available Windows Updates (cumulative, .NET, Defender)
updated = customizeImage upstream (templates.essentials.windowsUpdate {});
basic = customizeImageFold updated (with templates; [
essentials.virtioTools
essentials.removeIE
essentials.removeWMP
@ -38,8 +40,9 @@ rec {
productKey = "M7XTQ-FN8P6-TTKYV-9D4CC-J462D";
useAHCI = true;
};
laptopUpdated = customizeImage laptopUpstream (templates.essentials.windowsUpdate {});
laptopSlim = customizeImageFold laptopUpstream templates.bundles.laptopSlim;
laptopSlim = customizeImageFold laptopUpdated templates.bundles.laptopSlim;
laptop = customizeImageFold laptopUpstream templates.bundles.laptop;
laptop = customizeImageFold laptopUpdated templates.bundles.laptop;
}

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@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ rec {
windowsVersionForVirtioDrivers = "w11";
};
basic = customizeImageFold upstream (with templates; [
updated = customizeImage upstream (templates.essentials.windowsUpdate {});
basic = customizeImageFold updated (with templates; [
essentials.virtioTools
essentials.removeIE
essentials.removeWMP
@ -45,9 +46,11 @@ rec {
windowsVersionForVirtioDrivers = "w11";
};
laptopSlim = customizeImageFold laptopUpstream
laptopUpdated = customizeImage laptopUpstream (templates.essentials.windowsUpdate {});
laptopSlim = customizeImageFold laptopUpdated
(templates.bundles.laptopSlim ++ [ templates.reg.disableUCPD ]);
laptop = customizeImageFold laptopUpstream
laptop = customizeImageFold laptopUpdated
(templates.bundles.laptop ++ [ templates.reg.disableUCPD ]);
}