Windows 8 RTM Activation

Question

I am not sure if this is the right place. But, If you are having problems activating windows 8. Where am I supposed to post my questions?

Answer 1

I guess I will ask it here. I am getting an error when I Try and activate windows 8. I noticed that there is already a product key. Is there a way I can change it? I never actually had a chance to enter in the product key provide though msdn.

Answer 2

Dear Centaur,

May i know which editin you have downloaded?

Regards,
prathaprabhu

Answer 3

I am assuming he have the ent edition, where is the place to change the key!

Answer 4

I'm having the same issue with Enterprise edition.  What's the deal?

Answer 5

Hey Guys,

Looking into this.  I'll let you know what I find.

Thanks,
Mike

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Answer 6

+1 Downloaded Win 8 Enterprise from MSDN and keeping getting: "Error Code 0xC004F074 - The Software Licensing Service reported that the product could not be activated. No Key Management Service (KMS) could be contacted. Please see the Application Event Log for additional information.

Answer 7

I have the same problem
Regards Mogens Pedersen

Answer 8

+1 - no KMS server

Answer 9

I just spoke with our team, and this is what I'm hearing:

To Activate the Enterprise build,

1. go to your System Settings (control panel -> System and Security -> System).
2. Under Windows Activation, click "View Details in Windows Activation"
3. Then, on the new dialog, click "Activate with a new key" and follow the prompts.

Let me know if this works for you, or if it doesn't!

Mike

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Answer 10

Thanks. This thread also did the trick for me: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itproinstall/thread/3aabc292-8bf2-40e5-9aff-1659af0327b9

Answer 11

Don't see the "Activate with a new key" option, just activate, Russell's thread worked though.

Never mind, its gone.

Answer 12

I want to know because it gives me the error when I activate windows 8 and how I can change to activate with the key I have, or if there is another way to activate it without KMS, says that these servers are out of service by the time you Please try again later

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Richard Sepulveda

Answer 13

Dear Richard,

Please answer the following:

1. Which Windows 8 edition you are trying to insall?
2. If you are trying to activate Windows 8 Enterprise with KMS Key It should activate with no problem. If so please post the screenshot of the error message along with the KMS activation server details which you are using to activate.

To change the Windows 8 product key - please follow these steps.

1. Launch the Start Menu and type in command prompt or cmd so that it shows up on your start menu search list. Right click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.
2. At the administrator command prompt, type in "slmgr.vbs -ipk <insert your product key here>"
   slmgr.vbs -ipk 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000
3. To activate windows after changing the key, run "slmgr.vbs -ato"
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryZqMN5ToPE - watch this video to understand better.

Regards,
prathaprabhu

Answer 14

You can also use "Run" and type in SLUI 3 to get this activation windows there you can type in your Technet/MSDN key and activate, less commands then slmgr -ipk and slmgr -ato

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Kenneth Myhre

http://myhken.com/

Answer 15

Dear Richard,

Please answer the following:

1. Which Windows 8 edition you are trying to insall?
2. If you are trying to activate Windows 8 Enterprise with KMS Key It should activate with no problem. If so please post the screenshot of the error message along with the KMS activation server details which you are using to activate.

To change the Windows 8 product key - please follow these steps.

• Launch the Start Menu and type in command prompt or cmd so that it shows up on your start menu search list. Right click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.
• At the administrator command prompt, type in "slmgr.vbs -ipk <insert your product key here>"
  slmgr.vbs -ipk 00000-00000-00000-00000-00000
• To activate windows after changing the key, run "slmgr.vbs -ato"
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryZqMN5ToPE - watch this video to understand better.

Regards,
prathaprabhu

An online presentation of this solution here :

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/timart/archive/2012/08/29/activate-windows-8-enterprise-without-slui-dns-name-does-not-exist.aspx

Answer 16

Seems like everyone's Enterprise download is using the same key... too funny so running the slmgr seems to be necessary to change to our own actual keys.