Paid €30 (€14.99x 2) for two licenses , used Upgrade Assistant and put on USB flash, booted from it, inserted the serial no. and I forgot to format the HDD, I realized when I noticed in My Computer, "Windows old", I deleted it and everything is working fine. Windows 8 Pro is activated. One more serial left for other laptop, but I will keep the Windows 7 pro for a while.
Bought a new laptop with Win 7 last June. Downloaded Win 8 Pro Upgrade and did the CLEAN INSTALL on the laptop. After the installation, I checked the system info to see if was activated or not. Turns out it was ACTIVATED.
I did a clean install from boot with a USB key, used the key i got after purchase. Windows was activated after install so i did a backup with Advanced Tokens Manager.
first attempt installed windows vista with my own key i found..then bought the £24.99 one, found out they gave me 32bit instead so did a fresh install of windows 8 RTM and then added my legit key i bought..all activated with media center as well ps none of the windows i upgraded was activated at all..less hassle
Just installed Win8 Pro from a RTM disc with my upgrade key with a clean install, wasn't activated :/ Going to give it another go in a bit though.
Naked drive? You can change a registry setting then manually insert the key. World Series is on or I would dig it up for you. Look back in this thread though. No need to reinstall.
Yeah naked drive (I actually used diskpart first to clean the drive, and then started the install process). I saw that registry post you mentioned, and it does seem pretty interesting; think I might give it a go in a bit. Edit: Cool, registry setting worked
just finished activation using upgrade key and and FREE WMC, i am confused i restarted my pc no date of activation comes out.. activation on: not available what is this?