Windows suddenly not activated! help

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by ian82, Mar 25, 2014.

  1. hbhb

    hbhb MDL Expert

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    i am thinking maybe he changed few things, then they all added up and change his activation ID. Drivers alone wont do it I believe.Remains to be seen...
     
  2. s1ave77

    s1ave77 Has left at his own request

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    Started running a ProfessionalWMC with the discovery of the little loophole back in the days, where it was possible to change KMS activated systems to permanently activated RETAIL with the WMC keys from the MS offer (till feb 2013). Although that loophole was silently patched shortly after, my system was running quite a while :D.

    When changing the mainboard, CPU and RAM system became deactivated, no surprise. Simply reactivated by phone with no problems.

    Then switched to 8.1 by installing freshly from a prepared ProfessionalWMC install media with generic activation tokens. Entered the key i previously used on the Win 8 install and activated by phone again.

    System is running without problems from that on.

    In between i switched to the GVLK several times (mostly by accident when playing with my tool) :cool2:. Never faced a problem when reentering my WMC key.Windows always became reactivated instantly.
     
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  3. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

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    So the key here is to play with your tool, to stay activated? :w00t2:
     
  4. s1ave77

    s1ave77 Has left at his own request

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    Nope, sideshow note to point to the fact, that even when licensing channel had been changed, reinstalling the WMC key always worked and reactivated the Retail license instantly :cool2:.
     
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  5. Mutagen

    Mutagen MDL Addicted

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    It's even better when you can lick your tool! WOOF-WOOF
     
  6. s1ave77

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    Actually already tried ... :cool2:. Would be more like a "Wuff" as doggie barks german slang style ;).
     
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  7. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    I wonder if German dogs pronounce their barks as Voof Voof!
     
  8. s1ave77

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    Not that much the problem for the dogs themselfs, but more one of the people trying to spell it :D. Whereas the english speaking would spell it 'Woof', in german it's 'Wuff' :smartass:.
     
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  10. FaiKee

    FaiKee Misinformation spreader

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    A German once told me their army dogs bark "Achtung". :D