Programmatically check whether Windows 7 is activated

Question

Background: I am creating system images that will be loaded onto several workstations. Windows activation will occur after the images are loaded onto the workst

Answer 1

You may check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Activation Technologies\AdminObject\Store\TotalValidations and see if it is 1. This may not be the definative way to verify activation, but you should at least be abel to see if it was validated.