Activate Windows 8.1 RTM with Dreamspark key

there are no free WMC upgrade key giveaway via dreamspark, only from M$

 

It is well known that DreamSpark always provides RETAIL Windows keys.

I want to clear a little doubt I have in my mind about RETAIL keys --

Does a RETAIL key really allow 10 activations (after which phone activation becomes necessary)? If yes, 10 activations on a single machine or 10 activations on 10 different machines? Can activations be done 'concurrently' (I know this is illegal, but I'm just checking if it is practically possible)?

If a Windows 8 retail key K1 is used to activate a machine C1, then can that same key K1 be used to activate machines C2, C3 and so on up to C10? (Height of Greed LOL!)

 

1 Dreamspark key allows to activate 2 machines, I know it could be pushed a bit like Tito says, but 10 machines? You try it out and tell us LOL.




Don't flame me if your key got blocked.

 

Works perfectly up to 5!

 

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Will the keys that are given out via DreamSpark Premium for Win8.1 Pro Preview expire? I have not checked yet but kinda figured they where the same type of keys given via a normal public download of Pro Preview. I dont see 8.1 RTM in my account yet But I still have several 8.0 keys I havnt burned yet.

~MC

 

win8.1 preview is timebombed to jan2014 IIRC...
It wouldn't matter if it was permanent or not.
You really shouldn't use preview as your main OS. It's more of a test-machine or VM thing.
It's kind-of a hybrid between 8.0 and 8.1.

 

I'm not interested in the media as much as I am the key that comes with it. What would happen if I installed rtm with a preview key for 8.1 that came from dream spark?

~MC

 

Windows 8.1 requires Windows 8/8.1 Retail/MAK/KMS Key it won't work with Preview Key of 8.1

Cheers

 

Fare enough. Thanks.

 

Am I the only one humored that MSDNAA (now dreamspark answered the question) lol

 

what type of key is dreamspark ? is it RETAIL or VLK?

 

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so Dreamspark = Retail key ?

 

Did you read the article?

Both type of keys are provided depending on the product you subscribed.

 

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I read the article but i did not understand a lot at first.

So now , there are two type of dreamspark licences : either RETAIL or VLK , am I right ?

Also , In my account it says:

 

Correct

If you have a student DreamSpark account you have a retail key .. Is that what you have ?