Windows 8.1 Pro WMC generic activation tokens creation

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  1. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Media Center cannot added to a Windows 8.1 installed from Pro VL media. Likewise, Media Center cannot be added to any Windows 8.1 activated by Volume License.

    1. You need to install from non-VL media (incorporates the 'Add new features' functionality), AND
    2. activate Core/Pro using a non-Volume key (Retail or OEM) first.
    Then you will be able to use 'Add new features' to add Media Center (requires a WMC key). This will bring the Edition up to ProfessionalWMC.
     
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  3. Carlos Detweiller

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  4. psbittu

    psbittu MDL Novice

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    there is short cut to it

    no need to go back to windows 8 WMC and upgrade to 8.1 and then copy those tokens.dat and data.dat as u see many activation toolkit have in there those in store forlder mostly all these activation toolkit do these arhc..so find activation toolkit in which u can find these or rply me ill upload to file
    tokens size: 2.13MB
    data size: 23KB
     
  5. jamesg99

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    Thanks psbittu! Yes, if you could upload that would be cool. Would prefer not to reinstall if I can help it.
     
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  7. disc4

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    Built a new PC, tried some of these methods to activate using old stashed (never-activated) free WMC keys. Didn't get anywhere, phone activation would fail no matter what method I tried.

    Then I tried an already-activated key from that promotion (used only once, by me) and phone activation worked fine! Excellent.

    Sad about my cache of free keys, as it appears they no longer work :(
     
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    wildor MDL Novice

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    a little question help me please

    Thanks for this tuto. How can I Stop SPPSVC? And how can I activate Windows 8.1 after procedure completed. Thanks a lot for answer
     
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  11. Alwiz

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    #233 Alwiz, Oct 6, 2014
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    Thank you I found it. Very nice :)
    I used the exact esd-decrypter-v3.7z tool (from Windows 8.1 with Update ESDs Repository) to create the Win 8.1 wmc iso.
    Does it automatically put the data.dat and the tokens.dat into the iso when creating it ?
    Can't check my Win8wmc VM-installation because because i used kms tool for temporarily activation.

    Because then my MS activation error is not because of missing data/tokens dat. Then I am curious to know why I got MS activation error (you may be victim of software piracy).
     
  12. s1ave77

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    If you decrypted/converted an ESD file with that tool, tokens have been added. Any error appeared? You can compare with the data.dat, tokens.dat and cache.dat from the DISM folder.
     
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  13. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    It only adds them if you convert to wim file.
    As far as the potential WAT update pushing a non-genuine status, you can simply run phone activation to fix that: "SLUI 4"
     
  14. Alwiz

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    #236 Alwiz, Oct 7, 2014
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    I think i used option 4 the decrypter tool is offering when you start to use esd decrypter tool. That should be the option that decrypts a wim file first and then an additional iso. I used that iso and installed Win 8.1 with wmc and then installed my personal Windows 8 wmc upgrade key.
    Then i tried to activate via Telephone. MS says: "Maybe you are a victim of software piracy".
    I checked my Windows 8 wmc Key with ultimate pid checker result is : Valid Windows 8 wmc key.

    Can i check inside the Windows 8.1 wmc (IR3_CPWMCA_X64FRER_de-DE_DV9.iso) iso that i created for data/tokens dat ? If so where should i look ?
    If not I will do reinstall and compare data/tokens.dat with data/tokens.dat inside the decrypter tool's DISM folder.
     
  15. s1ave77

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    Was that key used and activated before successessfully :g:?
     
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  16. murphy78

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    Hmm, I'll fire up my monthly release in the VM and use one of my personal keys and see if it works.
    I know it has the same tokens as the script package.
     
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    #239 murphy78, Oct 7, 2014
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  18. Alwiz

    Alwiz MDL Novice

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    #240 Alwiz, Oct 7, 2014
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    I think i used the key a year ago in another machine. But then shouldn't it possible to activate in another machine by Phone ?

    I will try tomorrow what eric suggested and see what happens. Then i will report back.
    Big thanks to all of you for the good answers. :)

    P.S. What is very nice that the maker of the decrypter tool added the generic tokens/data.dat to Dism file.
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