Activating Microsoft Windows 8 Pro with media center for free with legitimate key!

I suppose this was probably answered before, but bear with me: followed all the steps and everything seems alright - ended up with legitimate Win 8 Pro WMC. However, when I check the licence key in Everest, it is neither generic MAK key, nor upgrade key that I've received from MS - it is different one altogether. Is this normal or Everest is just screwing around?

 

Say I don't wish to use my win 8 pro upgrade key at moment. Instead I wanted use this loophole and some time in future I may decided to use my key. Will there be any negative impact?

And importantly can the legit upgrade key be use later on on a system installed Windows 8 Pro using WMC / DELTA method? Can it activate on this Windows version?


P.S. Not sure if this is correct thread since there are 2 threads talking about WMC.

 

Free WMC key has to be used by Jan. 31st 2013 if that's what your referring to.

 

Yes I know about that. I already tried WMC/DELTA method on VM installation just to see if it works.


I ordered new Harddisk, I will be clean installing Windows 8 WMC/DELTA method on it when it arrives. What I am asking is if in future I decided to use my upgrade key, can it be used on this Windows WMC/DELTA installed system? Anything I should be concern about.

 

from the way I am understanding it is the upgrade key you received is for the version you had .. example W7 pro to W8 pro .. so if that's the way it is it would be a W7 version that had WMC on it that would work and no other.. You could just get a another WMC with a different e-mail or backup activation but I am not entirely sure how that is done yet but I've read it is being done.

 

Erm I am getting confuse. I am not asking about WMC key.

What I ask is if I install a clean Windows 8 Pro and activate using WMC/DELTA method.

Later on could I deactivate this WMC/DELTA or something and then activate my upgrade key on this same system?

Of cause I got several WMC Keys but doubt they will be useful after 31.1.2013 that is besides the point.

 

If u have used the Xdelta method then u will not at all need that upgrade that u ordered for windows 8 Pro... just enter ur WMC key and ur done... second thing upgrade key is for windows 8 Pro and not for Windows 8 ProWMC... so it will not accept the key... if u really want to us that key (and if u want really a legal copy) I suggest u to reinstall using pro key (of course pro edition) and then use anytime upgrade to go to proWMC using ur free WMC key...

 

That is what I wanted to find out. If I ever want to use the legal key I would need to reinstall. I didn't realise upgrade key doesn't work on ProWMC system.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

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2 questions....

1) Can I just install win8 as a trial then install WMC and activate with the WMC key that was emailed to me or do I need to activate using the KMS method first?

2) Where do I get a Generic Volume key ?

 

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no kms servers here too.It was working so good last week

 

Hello, i have a question:

If i had installed w8 pro in my pc and then upgraded to wmc with my promotional key, however i installed in an old laptop hdd because i originally installed for testing porpuses; i want to know:

1- if i want to install w8 in the main hdd, can i backup my w8 partition and restore in the other hdd and preserve my activation?
2- if i use an AIO to do a clean install of W8+WMC can i activate with my W8 upgraded to wmc (with promotional key) activation backup or i need to first activate with W8pro key and after that restore the wmc activation?

The reason i ask is because as far as i know, on W8 a serial can't be used to activate more than 3 times even if i'm activating in the same machine and for me it's normal to reinstall windows one or two times in the year, so, i think that the right way in w8 case is restoring the activation backup, but i don't know if in the case of w8 upgraded to wmc (using two serials, or in other words, 2 steps instalation/activation) the restoration of the activation will work in these W8+WMC AIO installations.

Excuse me for the horrible english.

 

more than 1 week still no key

 

Yeah, me too.
Its already 72 hour but Microsoft dint send me the key yet.
I'm trying with another email just now.

 

Windows 8 only:

Code:

kms.cc.columbia.edu

Win Server, Win 8 + office 14/15

Code:

osfp7g7.no-ip.org

 

Can someone confirm if this is true?

If true, which is the best way to back up activation on Win8 to avoid issues?

 

Afaik Retail Keys have no limit of activation. Only thing can happen is, you have to activate via phone due to count for online activation is exceeded.

 

any luck? I am about to do the same.

 

Bad Luck ! 4 days and nothing !