Hi. Maybe my search-skills are poor, but I was wondering is, I have a Windows 8 Pro Upgrade, and I know I can activate it after doing a clean install using regedit, but will this "trick" work if I us an ISO with included updates?
i cant see why it wouldnt work.. with my install i just had a bat file that i would run after installing Code: REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE /V MediaBootInstall /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F slmgr /rearm i kept a few other reg fixes in the same bat to make things easier.. but those are the 2 you need.. install then run that it will reboot and activate /edit run that as admin
You have to use proper "generic" key to clean install 8.1. Then once it's been installed, you can use your upgrade key to ACTIVATE the windows, preferably via phone.
see above. You don't have to install first and later bring in your key. it works from the beginning as I mentioned above. Simply overwrite the generic key with your genuine key, that simple