How to Activated Win8.1 ENT?

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by win888812, Sep 3, 2013.

  1. Viggen66

    Viggen66 MDL Senior Member

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    Probably that Korean hacker KJ something, can deliver us something similar to Win 8.1, where we can use it through one/two months before a real activator comes along :biggrin:
     
  2. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    God bless you
     
  3. Yen

    Yen Admin
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    Maybe there is some insight that those methods are actually a waste of time.
    Anyway the methods to 'hacktivate' and to remove watermarks and stuff are already described.
    So if you are curious or even bored why don't you hacktivate your own installation?
    All you need is to mess with activation files of beta releases to use beta keys to activate and reshacker to remove trial tags.
     
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  4. ignant

    ignant MDL Novice

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    Mine never returned. I don't have anything showing on my desktop but I also changed my background picture\wallpaper. Ill leave my machine on all day and see. Get back to you in a few hours
     
  5. Mannlich

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    Right, the watermark disappears when machine is reset and stays gone for 3-4 hours. After that time, it comes right back. Let me know.

    Yen - for my own curiosity, could you point me in the direction of how to hactivate RTM Enterprise using files from the release preview? I don't have any experience with this kind of stuff, but would certainly be interested in learning. Again, I completely understand that this is, by no means, a solution for activation. I also understand why these tools only complicate the lives of forum administrators/staff. I've seen the flooding of posts in the past when people complain that their frankenbuild/hacktivation is acting strange. I just wish to use Enterprise RTM without activate windows watermark until KMS V6 can be emulated. Thanks for the help.
     
  6. Smorgan

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    Because there trying to get a perfect solution out of it as there isn't a proper KMS activation route available yet.

    Me personally I'll pass on hactivation methods or KMS.
     
  7. Tito

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    #27 Tito, Sep 4, 2013
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    Hacktivation aka messing with core system files/settings is always proved as a dead-end.

    :whistle3:
     
  8. Smorgan

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    When you don't want Windows update & Windows Theme or Personalizing of the metro portion if ya choose to skip activating lol

    And tito its not necessarily contained to just system files at this point ;).
     
  9. Superfly

    Superfly MDL Expert

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    WAT has a "tampered files" routine built in.. I can't be sure, but hypothetically they could run a sfc in the background to check these..
     
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  10. ignant

    ignant MDL Novice

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    Sad to say it did come back :( bummer
     
  11. bjf2000

    bjf2000 MDL Expert

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    #31 bjf2000, Sep 10, 2013
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    There was a way to do this in Win8 Ent, back before it became easy to activate, but I don't know which method it was now.

    At least the way I did it wasn't a program that you ran: it was either a replacement of the twinui.dll file or some other trick.

    Update: This is what I found with Win8:

    You would look for that BEFORE the watermark would appear (i.e. within a few hours of a reboot), kill it, and you would be good until your next reboot.

    Unfortunately, this thread doesn't appear for me in 8.1, though a "twinui.appcore.dll!DllCanUnloadNow+0x15b90" does.
     
  12. generalsu

    generalsu MDL Senior Member

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    Surely by now there should be a way to genuinely activate Windows 8.1 Enterprise? It's been almost a month.
     
  13. endbase

    endbase MDL Guru

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    #33 endbase, Sep 24, 2013
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    Yeah I have a genuine Enterprise 8.1 version :p But you have to have a MSDN/Technet Subscription for that xD :)

    Btw you better wait for KMS activation in your case :)
     
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  14. TShadow

    TShadow MDL Junior Member

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    The first real Windows 8.1 Mak keys leaked, so you can always try your luck :) MS is fast in blacklisting them.
     
  15. FaiKee

    FaiKee Misinformation spreader

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    AFAIK, 3 win8.1E MAK's leaked so far. :D
     
  16. Jessica Alba

    Jessica Alba MDL Expert

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    has been block already :p
     
  17. Snuffy

    Snuffy MDL Expert

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    5 of 6 MAK's are blocked that I had access to.
     
  18. Jessica Alba

    Jessica Alba MDL Expert

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    M$ is pretty fast at blocking this time :(
     
  19. MSDNAA

    MSDNAA MDL Senior Member

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    LOL You people are using the leaked MAK keys and complaining that Microsoft is prompt in blacklisting those keys? Wake up guys this is why they have introduced Windows 8 with Live Account, unless you have a genuine key with proof they will block the key and of course they can track your individual PCs and block your Live account too.

    Thanks
     
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  20. Jessica Alba

    Jessica Alba MDL Expert

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    i already activated my windows 8.1 pro using my dreamspark keys, just playing around with enterprise for fun :)