This is the end of the road for all those trying to hop on the so-called "get-yourself-free "Windows 8 activation bandwagon. Early birds should note that in the forth coming days, the hammer mite strike on thee...
I have some doubts- 1. Would this method of activating Pro+WMC work after January 31st? 2. After step 7, can i use the command- slmgr -ato in the cmd to activate instead of Step 8? 3. Do i need to be connected to internet in the last step?
1. Would this method of activating Pro+WMC work after January 31st?- no one can guarantee this , but we can hope 2. After step 7, can i use the command- slmgr -ato in the cmd to activate instead of Step 8? - actually step 8 is not needed once you do slmgr -ipk you will be activated 3. Do i need to be connected to internet in the last step? you don't have to disconnect from internet in the first place itself
Had to do the activation first online..with no success. Then after changing the data.dat and inserting key the second time do not activate online; simply reboot and wait for "magic".
Not only is this step not needed, you outright shouldn't do it. At this point if you try to activate, you will almost certainly be flagged non-genuine.
So it means i have to first follow upto Step 5, then in Step 6 i replace the data.dat file with the whazzupsuperfly supplied data.dat Then in Step 7, after installing my WMC Key, i have to restart my computer...Then i'll be activated? So last Step certainly is not needed... So i have to just install the WMC Key in Step 7 and do i need to be connected to internet for this? Then i need to restart as s1ave77 suggested.... Please correct me if i'm wrong.
Just wondering why I don't have a data.dat file to replace? I've just installed Win8 x64 Pro on a test rig and gone to find the data.dat file in the store folder... but it's not there? Any ideas?
Sorry I meant to say that I've done that and all files are showing but there just isn't a data.dat file?