[How To] Activate Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center RTM

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  1. Ducati

    Ducati MDL Member

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    I have not been blocked ever with UK phone activation.
     
  2. NoOne2000

    NoOne2000 MDL Junior Member

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    It is not working without data.dat,once you upgraded 8.1 Pro to 8.1 Pro with WMC and you try to install your Media Center upgrade key it will tell you that the key is for upgrade only,so basically you need to have 8.1 Pro activated before using that key,data.dat tricks it so it thinks it's activated.
     
  3. ceckin

    ceckin MDL Novice

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    Is there a way to activate with no valid data.dat and 0xC004F061 (Upgrade-only key).
     
  4. s1ave77

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    Nope...after upgrading it works without data.dat.
     
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  5. jmacie

    jmacie MDL Member

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    Slave77,
    the partial key from the activation you showed was not a key from your pastebin. It seems now it's only possible to activate with a retail key. The only grace is rearming to notification mode, right?
     
  6. jdawg334

    jdawg334 MDL Novice

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    I have Win 8 Pro WMC activated with my WMC upgrade key but I had to actually activate by phone. Should I be OK to upgrade to 8.1 using my WMC key and will it stay activated?
     
  7. jmacie

    jmacie MDL Member

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    nope, you have to install and be activated before using your WMC key.
     
  8. s1ave77

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  9. jmacie

    jmacie MDL Member

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    Why does it count down the rearm then? I tried it. it counted down to 999 rearms, still in same in notification mode. I followed your lead on using your tool, now many are hung out to dry, it's no biggy, just wonder where you got you retail key that was partially posted in your activation post, as it's not one from the pastebin you posted.
     
  10. Sream

    Sream MDL Novice

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    Activation works and the key can be added while adding the WMC feature, it'll still work. :)
     
  11. s1ave77

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    As i posted several test results no clue which key is meant.
     
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  12. MinaJunior

    MinaJunior MDL Junior Member

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    Same here. When I had Windows 8 Pro. We'll see what's gonna be with our Win 8.1 activations.:D
     
  13. Sream

    Sream MDL Novice

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    Any idea how to activate office 2013 on top of windows 8.1 now? :rolleyes: M$ Toolkit crashes.
     
  14. ioplkj

    ioplkj MDL Novice

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    #134 ioplkj, Aug 30, 2013
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    I bought Windows 8-embedded laptop and I guess product key is included in BIOS.

    But when I install WZOR's 8.1 rtm, it says like this::
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    Error code: 0xC004C003
    
    
    
    The activation server determined the specified product key has been blocked.
    
    How can I activate using my Windows8 OEM key?
     
  15. ambidav

    ambidav MDL Guru

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  16. itsmartain

    itsmartain MDL Junior Member

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    When using kms server where do I type in activation key can someone explain all the steps from start to finish.
     
  17. jmacie

    jmacie MDL Member

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    you cannot use KMS w/ 8.1. If you don't have a retail key for 8.0 your stuck for now. Many in the same boat, NO solution for now, stay tuned
     
  18. itsmartain

    itsmartain MDL Junior Member

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    Can you give me instructions from start to finish on how to activate using your script. and at which point do I use one the the keys from pastebin.
     
  19. jonaand

    jonaand MDL Senior Member

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    where i can get a retail key to active windows 8.1 pro wmc