Hi, Sorry If This as been ask before But I was involved in a car accident & spent a while in hospital so I`m trying to catch up But as I`m still recovering I still have a some Problems From what I`ve read the only ways to activate win 8.1 is with a genuine win 8 key or you Google for a key then use phone activation With a chance that the key you used could get blacklist This is also the same for office 2013, Due to the changes M$ made in this version of their operating system & office shares the same activation process as the OS (is that true) Yet is it true that win 8.1 preview work with kms & office also worked with MTK But is it true that Windows 8.1 RTM leak on the web around aug when it was pass on to M$ partners Also is the server online that activates genuine keys as this must be the case because some genuine user have already used their key to change to a activated win 8.1 So Do The Skilled User Of This Site & Many Members Really Think That They Will Come Up With way Round The Changes That M$ As Made Because I guess M$ maybe logging the large amounts of calls they have to their activation line & you must be log-in to Skype to make that call So really how close are we I`m sure people are working away in the background but how much progress as been made on this Maybe there could be a thread on this topic pool user knowledge I`m sure plenty of user would be willing to help where they could
Hi Technoman. Loads of people are waiting for a answer to activation of windows 8.1 & office 2013 I am glad i have genuine key for WINDOWS 8 PRO that will work with win 8.1 but it seems that Microsoft have dealt a double blow to user that bypass their systems As it seems they have all pirates activating via phone method which as you point out I sure they are keeping the data they receive via Skype call So for Now Its Microsoft Corporation 1 Pirates 0 Maybe we need A Jack Sparrow haha
If anything is cracked, it would be foolish to release it before GA anyway. Wait until critical mass is reached and MS cannot easily patch it anymore.
agreed and with GA just day's away I am sure that will turn out that way anyway. I wouldn't expect anything that soon. (I might be wrong but doubt it lol)
Hi I know Three Lions is not working for M$ as he lives in my street he`s 73years old & retired, I think he as only recently become a pc user Anyway to my point If a user running windows 8 pro with a genuine key & Office 2013 that was activating using MTK once win 8.1 is offer via windows store if the user does the upgrade that would wipe out his activation of office Am I right because a lot of user will get a surprise when they upgrade their operating system Is there anyway round this other than phone activation Just wonder
There's nothing 8.1 can do and other operating systems can't do, so be patient and use other operating systems until a solution is found. Or buy the OS.
office 2013 activaded on windows 8.1 VM I was able to activate office 2013 on my VM with Windows 8.1.