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4. Windows 8.1 aio serial key license#

With the key embedded in the ACPI table, the product key theoretically should be automatically extracted during installation of Windows 8/8.1, without you having to type it in. So my OCD’ness is getting managed profesionally right now… the crisp white lab coats they wear look amazing! We know this, because Microsoft sold other vendor products marketed as Windows Certified. So in all of this, the owner of the hardware loses the right of re-installing Windows OS by itself, using the orignial OS key.

Windows 8.1 aio serial key install#

Today’s laptops now come installed with OEM versions of Windows 8.1! So you’re now forced into using the imaged OS/recovery partition that is with the laptop, no more clean install unless you have the client fork out for a new OS key from a distributor. I’ve always been a bit OCD with re-installing a clean install of any Windows OS, since you’re getting I feel, the true dollar value out of a PC, running without manufacturer bloatware.įor clients with new laptops, I always wait the first year of use for the warranty to run it’s course, before I suggest upgrading to a SSD/dual channel RAM/clean Windows install. My only fault with the whole W8 validation process is with laptops. I’ve often had issues with worn off labels, especially on laptops that need repairs, so this helps. One of the benefits of encrypting the key in the BIOS was ostensibly to hinder piracy, but now that it’s encrypted in the BIOS, it’s not something that is lost when the operating system is destroyed, or when the text of the key on the label is rubbed or worn off, making it illegible.

Windows 8.1 aio serial key license#

Now that you have the official Windows 8 license key, use that extracted Windows 8 key to activate the new Windows 8 installation, and you’re finished. Now that you have Windows 8 installed again, go ahead and run RWEverything again, and get the key. If You Don’t Have Key, Try Again And Activate It seems you may be able to use Windows 8 generic keys on 8.1 installations just to get the OS running again as well. The key will allow Windows 8 to be installed, but you won’t be using that key permanently. If you still don’t have the key from the first step, use a generic key such as one of those listed here. If you have already obtained the key from the BIOS, use it, and activate Windows, and you’re finished. If not, don’t worry, that’s the next step.

Go ahead and install Windows 8 at this step. If the system will not boot at all, just keep moving forward on to the next step. The Windows 8 key will be in the data row. However, if it’s not currently activated, get RWEverything, and inside the GUI, click the ACPI icon, and then find the MSDM table. If your system is currently activated, Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder should be able to get it for you. If the machine is still in a working state and you can get into the operating system, run a key finder such as Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder or ‘ Read & Write Everything‘ also known as RWEverything.

Windows 8.1 aio serial key how to#

So if you’ve been handed a Windows 8 machine for recovery, here’s how to get the key and get it activated again.

However, the Windows 8 key is now tied to the original machine instead of having the ability to be installed on other machines if that machine bites the dust. Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder has been able to extract keys from Windows 7 and previous operating system versions for some time now. There have been workarounds before Windows 8 if you lost your license sticker or can’t find where you stored your key. If you’ve been handed a Windows 8 machine and you need to replace the hard drive and get Windows 8 installed and activated again, here’s a simple process to get the system back up and activated again.

Windows 8.1 aio serial key license key#

When Windows 8 machines started hitting shelves without the previously common license key label on the side, it removed the possibility of using those stickers to activate installations on the same computer after recovery or repair.