I followed the tutorial exactly, did all the steps, and didn't do any changes to my hardware but the activation didn't work... I reinstalled Win8 Pro, installed drivers (same dll's as on my previous Windows from where I got my backup) , I removed the key, booted in Safe Mode, stopped the software protection stuff (but it said it's not running), made the changes to the folder (copy/pasted the folder and replaced the content, I checked and the content was replaced). booted back in Normal Mode and the watermark was still there ... none of the commands for check work... so now I got an unlicensed Windows
I have used the Advanced Tokens Manager v3.5 BETA 2 and it works wonderfully!!! Does all the work for you including disabling network adapters. Just reinstall fresh Windows 8 and this program will activate it.
take ownership of SPP Folder and replace it in safe mode with back-up spp folder. dont ever use store folder cuz activation process fails when change Store folder only, you should change whole spp folder.
the store folder was enough for me, as it restored my activation, I even installed Windows 8 on another partition (dual boot) just to test if the backup works, and It did.
If I was to install a fresh win7 then upgrade to win8 pro using a legit win8 pro upgrade key that I purchase then backup my win8 activation then reinstall a fresh win8 and restore my activation would I still be activated? I would sleep better knowing its a clean install of the OS rather than an upgrade. Was a random though I had and figured I would ask. ~MC
I presume this method is safe for genuine licences too? I really don't want to do a full system backup
I believe that is what it is intended for. But could be wrong. As always you can never go wrong with a image of the drive, Just In Case. ~MC
According to what i've read on other forum, if it is KMS-client activation, then - no, that guy said he installed and activated by KMS W8 on external hdd, and whatever compy he booted it up on later, activation stayed intact... MAK activation, in contrast, didn't depend on hdd at all... someone has to check this though...
Hi, i've just change my HDD, but the restore activation won't work for me. W8 already activated on the old HDD...must wait for another solution. thanks
thats the thing though.. no major hardware changes and it should work.. HDD is considered a major hardware change and now you have to re-activate
It depends on HDDs. I exchanged my old SATA 3 against a SSD, cloning win8 partition using acronis, and I didn't loose my activation.