That probably won´t work. As proved by MS license terms. Build a Win 8 Pro WMC ISO and Restore activation done before. As it seems there is no other way. For info see second link in my sig . KMS will work either later.
Cheers for the response, but in relation to changing hardware i.e mobo replacement forcing re-activation there must be a contingancy because backing up your tokens would be useless in that situation wont it?
So do not upgrade your Hardware after 2013, or better do before . You found the little hook in this. But KMS activation remains. Most probably solution to activate win offline will be an offline kms activator, as for office. As a small tool.
Windows 8 ProWMC is now permanently activated. Thank you everybody here on the forums that has taken the time to do the things that I am not skilled enough to do, and then sharing the results with the rest of us.
i had a issue and used my key like 6 times to activate. once the key is issued. it will work. ms says yes. it is to your system it will work after then. if not phone activate and they will refresh it to work. i have like 6 keys now ive gotten off this way. activated alot of systems.
Quick question, I dont think there will be a problem, But is it safe to use a microsoft account after entering a valid WMC key?
I might try it with a dummy account at first.. Just to make sure. I was just making sure microsoft wasnt gonna lock me out somehow. But everything seems to be working. Valid WMC key entered and activated. Had to fish through some of the KMS servers to get it to work at first, But found one that worked eventually.
I highly doubt that. If meant as joke, i obviously missed the point . Only one more to inform you that the timespan you can activate will pass, as claimed on their site and afair in email too. Regards
As repeatedly stated, yes it seems to work this way. If it´s genuine by the means of MS we can test, if a check appears for Win 8.
i have a feeling that once you have activate the key given by the deadline the key will stay active and you will still be able to clean install and activate (i.e kms then activate featrure pack) after FEB2013. The e-mail states that the key MUST be Active before FEB 13. i will install at weekend and activate all 5 keys.
Hi Everybody... When i try to get a key, i have the message "DNS Problem with windowshardware.catalysis.com" at the main page... site down ?? MyGuyzmo
I had problems with an install that I had used my media centre key on, I had to format the hard drive & clean install again, I activated pro with KMS, & re activated media centre with the same key that I had used before, so I have used the same MC key for 2 activations.
In theory you should be able to activate the same pc again with the same key i have reactivated a VM i am running 3 times now off the same key the way i understand it is that you cant activate a different machine off the same key and that after the 31st of jan 2013 the keys wont work but systems activated before should remain activated
Is there any other KMS servers? I can't activate my Win 8 Pro with fourdeltaone at lunar ones... Please Help.