Fixing Windows 8 Activation Step 1: After installing Windows 8, press open Run box (Windows+R), type in regedit and press enter. Step 2: Windows will ask for admin privileges to run the tool and open Windows Registry Editor once you confirm. In the Registry Editor navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/CurrentVersion/ Setup/OOBE/ and look for the key MediaBootInstall. Step 3: Double click on MediaBootInstall and change the value from 1 to 0. If you don’t see the key, create a new 32-bit DWord and provide the values. Step 4: Having done that, exit the Registry Editor and run the command prompt as an administrator using Windows 8 Start Screen. Search for CMD, right-click on the tile and select the option, Run as administrator. Step 5: Execute the command ( slmgr / rearm ) and restart the computer when Windows prompts you to. Finally, after restarting Windows, open your system properties and try to activate Windows 8 again. Most probably you will be successful this time. In the process you will be asked to enter Windows 8 Product Key again.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:41:41 +0000
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