How to activate Windows 8

How to activate Windows 8

The action on the activation of Windows 8 on discounts ended January 31. The new version of the operating system can be purchased for 130 USD. Already in February the cost of Windows 8 risen many times.

We hasten to disappoint you : activate the free Windows 8 can not be true as the saying goes exceptions only prove the rule , and if you really want to, but there is no money to spend , then superlative can be found here . Microsoft has improved the protection of the operating system and the methods of activation via flashing SLIC, as in Windows 7, do not work .

The only legal way to activate Windows 8 – is to get a temporary key that activates Windows 8 for 180 days.

Activate Windows 8 via KMS- server

Windows 8 can be activated by KMS- activation. The operating system will also be active only 180 days.

This is how the KMS- activation:

Start a command prompt with administrator privileges .

For version Professional VL need to change the product key on a temporary :
slmgr.vbs / ipk ( your key )

With the Enterprise key changes are necessary .

After that :
slmgr.vbs / skms ( KMS- server address )

Servers do not always work and are not available to everyone:

theliel.dnsd.info: 62000
theliel2.dnsd.info: 62000
happyhours.dnsd.info: 62000
95.20.155.241:62000
147.134.1.42:1688

Then enter slmgr.vbs / ato

Checking activation :
slmgr.vbs / dli
slmgr.vbs / dlv

Checking the expiry of activation :
slmgr.vbs / xpr

To decouple the address of the KMS- server systems:
slmgr.vbs / ckms

Activate Windows 8 by phone

As legally activate Windows 8 by phone, by any chance you are not connected to the Internet :

Start a command prompt with administrator privileges .
Enter the key command:
slmgr.vbs / ipk and enter the license key

Team slui 4 start the activation wizard on the phone.

Select your desired country and dial the phone number and follow the instructions answering machine.

Activate Windows 8 with the upgrade

If you bought shares on key upgrade from older versions and when you try to activate Windows 8 displays an error 0xC004F061, so there was no previous version of Windows on your computer. This happens when you format a disk or a clean install. To install the upgrade version of Windows 8 , your computer must be running Windows 7 , Windows Vista or Windows XP.

If you formatted the drive before installing the upgrade version of Windows 8, you can not use to activate Windows 8 product key for the upgrade version . To activate Windows 8 , you will need to install a previous version of Windows, and then reinstall Windows 8.

Earlier, there was a method to activate Windows 8 for free . Temporary activation could do permanent if downloaded from the Microsoft Web site and install the application on your computer Windows Media Center (WMC). It can be obtained free of charge until the end of January 2013 . Along with the application was given a key that , as it turned out , not only activates the WMC, but the entire system , No limit on the period of time. This error is eliminated in December.