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Were you able to successfully upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8. This windows media creator tool is very picky, as checks your USB drive for 4GB size and my KINGSTON 4GB del 3. I have an HP Pavilion dv7 running MS Windows 8. This will open the window with the contact information as well as your installation ID. Here we take a quick look at the pros and cons of the new embedded Windows 8 product key. Custodes it activates the operating system of yours for lifetime consumption. The reason is unknown but it seems Microsoft did it intentionally. Call that number and you can generate an activation code. I checked troubleshooting site, but nothings found.
You're doing this from a full reinstall? Can I do a fresh install using generic Pro key and revert to basic version while activating using my original Win 8 OEM key?? You can use these keys in various variations and terminology of window 8 expert variant.
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Other Windows version users need to buy a license of Windows 8. Now has been released and people can download Windows 8. Even if its a genuine Windows 8 product key, you get incorrect or invalid product key error message. The reason is unknown but it seems Microsoft did it intentionally. Microsoft didn't want to release offline ISO files of Windows 8. Microsoft wants you to update Windows 8 to Windows 8. Although there are workarounds available for this particular problem. The best workaround is that install Windows 8. Some of you may ask what is a generic product key? Generic product keys can be considered as a dummy key which can be used to install an operating system but it can't be used to activate the OS. These generic keys are legally distributed by Microsoft and you can find such keys on Microsoft website as well as inside Windows setup folder. You can get a generic product key for Windows 8. Once Windows is installed in your computer, you can activate your Windows using your own genuine Windows 8 product key by going to System Properties and clicking on change product key option. Although this product key didn't work at the installation time but it'll work at activation time. Windows will activate successfully with the help of your Windows 8 genuine product key. Thus you can install Windows 8. Advertisements Share this article: Posted in: , About the author: Vishal Gupta also known as VG has been awarded with Microsoft MVP Most Valuable Professional award. He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in a few tech shows on TV channels. I'm asking coz I got Windows 8 pre-installed on Dell laptop, so my key would be OEM... I own Windows 8 not Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise. The generic keys listed on KMS site don't have that version's keys. Can I do a fresh install using generic Pro key and revert to basic version while activating using my original Win 8 OEM key?? And lastly, as info, does having 32 or 64 bit versions of Win 8 impact the upgrade and activation in any way?? Also if you have 32-bit edition of Windows 8, you should download 32-bit edition of Windows 8. Same theory applies to 64-bit edition. Carl Vergara Glad to know it helped you. I downloaded it FREE. Is Linux based as Apple OS with built in security software! It's similar to Linux, as both derived from UNIX. Ebyau Nice tip VG! I do lots of free lance IT. Also, I install Windows very often. This enables me to install Windows with a dummy key and the warning to activate would prompt the Windows User to buy a fully workable key.. Microsoft calls it as an update. Not that it matters for me because i did the windows store update instead which worked though I initially planned to do the former. I am running Windows 8 Pro without issue, some still using driver from Win 7 64-bit. But, when updating to Win 8. My laptop using Intel GMA 4500 or G45. Is there any solution yet? I can connect to Internet, but Windows Update seems can't connect to Internet. Maybe MS disabled those so people are forced to go to the Windows Store? What to do for this problem. I have found some bits and pieces, but never the whole story. Once I combed through your series of articles, I now have a much better picture of what to do. It did not ask for a key. It asked to be authenticated about four days after, and refuses to accept my 8. It seems I have to reset it to 8. It's a lot of work for a marginally passable upgrade. Clean Install Windows 8. So I already format my hard disk and it's install Windows 8. Then I try to activate it using my Windows 8 legal key it won't word because it say can't activate this version of Windows. Therefore I Clean install using Windows 8 1st. Then can be upgrade thru Store. I tried to upgrade using the Windows 8. My License is Windows 8 so it wont work. Therefore it can be only upgraded from Store. I have checked it many times. But, every time I go to the Store and try to download, it just states that it's downloading but never does anything... It does allow me to use my computer but tells me that my computer will continue to restart every 2 hours until I upgrade. I've tried downloading Windows 8. Thankfully I still have a machine that runs Win 7. I just spent 2 hours on the phone with Microsoft, only to be told that my only option was to purchase a copy of 8. Word to the wise: NEVER TRUST MICROSOFT BETA PRODUCTS! They welcomed me as a beta tester and left me out to fend for myself after I helped them work through the bugs in 8. My 2 cents on that subject anyway... So I found my old Windows 8 Pro Key and am downloading a copy now from another site. So much for 8. I'm not going back to that piece of crap of a system until a newer FINAL version comes out. I appreciate your help, however! Does this work for OEM users also? I then followed the procedure here as I had an ISO copy of 8. I have the original product key from the re-install of Win 8. I try to put the key in 8. Do I need to uninstall 8. If you face problems, upgrading via Store would be best idea. Now after I heard the release of 8. I'm running windows 8 Single Language and my 8. Can I use the pro keys from the KMS Client key list generic key list to upgrade from windows 8 to 8. My computer was preloaded with win 8 and has the OEM on the motherboard. It will not activate online and it will not accept the OEM win 8 key. Is there any way to fix this other than calling the nearest Microsoft number to get another key? I really don't want to have to do that as I can't understand the local accents on the phone, it would be ever so painful to have to do it that way. So, i went and bought a new clean hard drive and had to do a clean install. Admittedly, then i also had a problem with the activation. After the lengthy call and with nothing to hide, we sorted it out. My question im asking myself is whether its worth trying to upgrade to 64 bit by starting all over since i have a valid disk. The package i bought includes both 32 and 64 bit but only one key no. I have absolutely no idea whether certain abilities of the bios are required and if so what are they? I wonder whether its really worth it. What other benefits are there in 64bit? Call that number and you can generate an activation code. I tried intall installing many windows 8 product keys but it says the product key i've supplyed failed so which on is the correct on please supply me. However, Same steps do not work for windows 8. My primary question is all the work arounds are for people who bought windows 8 as retail version. I bought windows 8. Do you know any solution to this? Once again thank you for your time and effort. MS officer will install win 8. Are you facing any problem? Just wanted to add that you don't need to revert back to a OEM partition reset to windows 8 and reinstall windows 8. There are those who find places to get windows ISO disk for single language one way, but now you can get your USB setup disk made for you by Microsoft FREE without supplying a key for the download. For Starters you will need these things for Single language users. After you complete the setup of drivers and user profile and reach desktop, now is the time to use your Windows 8. It will install it in your user-Temp folder. However, I did find a Hidden ESD folder, on C drive which matches the exact layout of my USB drive. This windows media creator tool is very picky, as checks your USB drive for 4GB size and my KINGSTON 4GB listing 3. What is stupid about this program is that I thought it would make an ISO for me to burn as it says that, but it doesn't check to see if you don't have a Blank DVD in a drive, nor does it check to see if you even have a DRIVE on your computer, which I don't, so my download was wasted for nothing, except, I ended up finding a winpayload. Since the files are laid out like an ISO disk on the USB drive, anyone with that experience should know now they can just copy the files to the smaller USB drive that the stupid program would not accept in the 1st place, like I am going to do. LOL At the start of the program it asks for a Language choice, a OS choice, Various kinds including PRO versions, and a 32 or 64 bit option. Very simple, then it steps to the folder place to create an ISO, which I don't see why, cause when it is done, there is not ISO in the folder you choose. The TEMP folder, contains the extract programs to do all this an XML file that gives you ever language and every download link for ESD FILES which I tested to see if they started a download and they do. Also there is a KEY in the XML file, which means the programs use it to decrypt the ESD file on it's final process, which is my guess. Anyway, I do know as much as I am all over the web, I have not seen anyone post this stuff. I found it by chance on the MS website while jumping around there stupid site looking for something else. I'm using the Windows 8. So I'm thinking I can use this next time my PC goes tits up, and install W8. Then once I'm 'inside' I can activate the installation using my original Windows 8 Pro key, am I right? I have an HP Pavilion dv7 running MS Windows 8. I was using the computer and had no issue with the product key. Then after having numerous problems with the computer and slow running speed I decided to wipe and install windows again. I created an ISO USB boot tool and followed the instructions on the screen. Like the original poster, I received an error when trying to use my product key which is on the bottom of the computer on a sticker. So I followed the method above and used a product key from: technet. Try activating Windows later. If that doesn't work, contact your system administrator. I appreciate any help or advice you can provide. I have an OEM key, i want to make a windows 8 bootable for it to make a clean install. I'm stumped now any help would be appreciated. If you are going to install Windows 8. On the other hand if you need to create a DVD, open the ISO using a utility such as MagicISO so that the structure is not affected. Look for the ei. Now amend the file depending on the version which is included in your particular copy and the version which you want to install. For Professional edition which will be the best bet for most of the users, paste the following context into the ei. Make sure that anything that already exists in the file should be cleared first. Save the file and run the Windows 8. The setup will not ask for the Product Key anymore. This is not a hack or anything illegal. The configuration above is supported by Windows installer and is well documented by Microsoft and can also be used on some other versions of Windows as well. Note: For those getting the key entered does not match. A simple way to fix that and make it more universal is to leave the space after Edition ID blank. I bought an ISO copy of Windows 8. I burned the ISO to disk and installed it. This was a totally clean install, new hard drive. The Op Sys 8. The seller insists that I have the correct key, I confirmed by sending the key to him to compare. Now i had to activate the operating system and it allowed activation without accepting the KEY. I know MS penalizes you if your key is not in the op sys. I am guessing I am probably on the 30 day trial timer. I actually use XP, 8 and Linux Op Systems, because one system cannot do the things I need to do with them. I have a Win 7 machine but even though it seems to be stable, the programs are changed from what I was used to with XP. Somethings are ok but some, I can't figure out why the heck they made those dumb changes in operation. Just thought I'd comment because of the KEY problem.....