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Can't activate after upgrading Windows 8 RC to Windows 8 RTM

Q

I upgraded from Windows 8 RC to Windows 8 RTM. Because I have an SSD, I'm unable to do a clean install (the boot is too fast to hit f8, and I don't have an UEFA device), but there is no way to activate (I cannot change the product key in System -> View Details in Windows Activatation, and the only phone number I can get for activating by phone is for Afghanistan). How do I activate Windows?

✍: Guest

A

Right click the left hand corner of your Windows 8 screen
Click Command Prompt (Admin)
At the command prompt, type:
slmgr.vbs -ipk
Hit Enter on your keyboard, then type:
slmgr.vbs -ato

2012-08-27, 4021👍, 0💬

Administration Adware Spyware Apache Bluetooth DOS Commands Edge General Internet Connection Internet Explorer Media Center Media Player Mozilla Firefox MS Access Performance PHP Programming Security Silverlight Tips Tools Tutorials Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows Phone Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Vista Windows XP