Add Windows Media Center to Windows 8 Pro for FREE

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  1. bulldog147

    bulldog147 MDL Member

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    no ones won't get a media center key for free now. As microsoft stopped it for some reason.
     
  2. free1975yuly

    free1975yuly MDL Expert

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    I think they stopped media center key because many users have w8 pro installed before and activated for free with kms..:D
     
  3. ankydu

    ankydu MDL Novice

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    How u so sure about it ???
     
  4. IND

    IND MDL Member

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    who told you ?
     
  5. lokster

    lokster MDL Novice

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    its been 12 hours and i havent gotten my key yet
     
  6. wasd

    wasd MDL Junior Member

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    Yesterday here and nothing yet
     
  7. Josh Cell

    Josh Cell MDL Developer

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    17 hours and no key for many mail accounts..

    What's the problem Microsoft?
     
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  8. bulldog147

    bulldog147 MDL Member

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    Microsoft had stop it now because too many abused the free keys online
     
  9. Josh Cell

    Josh Cell MDL Developer

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    The request service are working fine and I think this isn't the reason.
     
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  10. ambidav

    ambidav MDL Guru

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    19 hours and still no key!!! :eek:
     
  11. Elevon

    Elevon MDL Novice

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    I paid for my Win8 Pro online and still waiting for my WMC key,hoping Microsoft will release some later.
     
  12. Josh Cell

    Josh Cell MDL Developer

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    #92 Josh Cell, Oct 26, 2012
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    Your product key will be emailed to you. If the email doesn’t arrive in your inbox, be sure to check your junk email folder. 
    The service was working ok. If the Microsoft have stopped from sending keys, this service was unable to complete the request sending other message to the user.

    I see a overload on the server because too many requests.
     
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  13. bulldog147

    bulldog147 MDL Member

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  14. blunden

    blunden MDL Novice

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    So in the future, do I reinstall with the Media Center key or with one of my MSDN:AA/Dreamspark keys? In other words, is this an add-on key or a full key?
     
  15. bmurphr1

    bmurphr1 MDL Junior Member

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    I'm one of the people who have yet to receive their free Media Center W8 keys...my retail version of Windows 8 gets delivered this afternoon (which is when I'll start my gigantic 12+ hour reformat/reinstall of all of my data and goodies), and I want to be able to use WMC v8 as soon as I possibly can.

    I'm just wondering if I were to stockpile craploads of these keys for Windows Media Center 8, and I needed to install it on another machine in say 2-3 years down the road when MS is charging $12.49 USD for the same thing. I'm going to go ahead and grab at least a dozen keys using fake e-mail addresses just to have a reservoir of them for such a need.
     
  16. wazer

    wazer MDL Junior Member

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    I registered for 2 offers (14.99$) upgrades this night. Got them as soon as i had pressed i agree on the upgrade offer site they arrived in my mail box, i then followed the instructions bought the keys, reinstalled windows without any upgrades and it accepted them both as normal keys with activation :p. Im also only waiting for the free WMC keys.
     
  17. wolf69

    wolf69 MDL Senior Member

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    finally got one key for wmc in my first email now waiting for my wifes
     
  18. s1ave77

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    MS don´t like me as it seems...:(.
     
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  19. ricktendo64

    ricktendo64 MDL Expert

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    #99 ricktendo64, Oct 26, 2012
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    And they said that they removed WMC because not many people used it :rolleyes:
     
  20. Superfly

    Superfly MDL Expert

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    Methinks the key server is the one that's chugging away slowly :wheelchair:- judging by the way the keys are generated on Dreamspark...it takes a good few seconds! multiply that by a gazillion requests / second - then u'll understand - so patience guys - hopefully we'll all be watching movies on WMC this weekend LOL :spoton:
     
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