Need help with understanding Volume licence or retail licence, what is better?

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  1. aygul12345

    aygul12345 MDL Junior Member

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    #1 aygul12345, Apr 26, 2014
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    Best MDL members,

    I want to understand wich version is better? or better to have?

    So i have a few '' noobie '' question.

    - How can i see wich version i have?

    - Wich version is better to have? and if i have a retail version, why is it better to change Volume licence?

    - How can i change if i have retail version to volume ?

    - I using latest Microsoft toolkit (KSM) to activate my windows can i use that also on the Volume licence?
    (I'm using windows 8 pro from MDSN iso / a friend of my is a student and i get the iso from him, but not have the serial, that's why i'm using KMS Microsoft toolkit latest build)

    Thanks to mdl to make this possable.
     
  2. HALIKUS

    HALIKUS MDL Addicted

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    If you truly want to understand, educate yourself with the stickies.
     
  3. aygul12345

    aygul12345 MDL Junior Member

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    I'll already read the sticky, that's why i open this topic. have quistion's about it.
     
  4. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    I recall an answer given a few weeks ago which was a response to same question: there is no better iso/version but best is which you can activate at no cost, right?
     
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    Why didn't you ask in one of them instead of opening a new thread? Seems you didn't read enough :g:.
     
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  6. BigW

    BigW MDL Member

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    If you'd realy resarched any of your questions on this forum you have to agree that all your questions are profing your haven't researched anything in this forum. Hence all your questions can be answered in this forum as all the answers bfore me said.

    Most of your questions can be answerd by the FAQ-Thread.
     
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  8. EFA11

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    You can see what version you are activated under by opening a command prompt and typing "slmgr /dlv" if in a Volume channel, you are using a Volume key

    Volume vs retail are exact same content, the minor difference between them is the licensing. Volume uses either KMS activation or MAK keys, retail uses retail keys. The only major difference in content is that you cannot install Windows Media Center (WMC) with Volume edition.

    You can change retail channel to volume by changing your key.

    MSToolkit is made for volume activation using KMS, it can change the key on a retail to a volume and activate both.