On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can any edition of Windows 8 be installed from any media, as Windows >> 7 often was able to do, or are there restrictions again? > > Same situation, but Dell. I was able to boot/install from the volume license > media, > and it used the built-in product key to activate the appropriate license.
Well, that didn't work. :-( Booted the laptop from generic volume license media, did the install, and at the end of it all, it's running Win 8 Pro. Trying to activate anyway yielded the DNS errors which generally indicate it's looking for a KMS (Key Management Services) server. I can't do a "Change product key" since Win 8 OEM doesn't come with a COA or PK for me to enter. I never saw an option to choose the edition of Windows. This was Win 8 Pro VLM, P/N X18-16134. Also tried Win 8.1 Pro VLM, P/N X18-96634, with the same result. Dear Microsoft, please drop dead, for making it increasingly difficult to use your products legally. Toshiba, you can also drop dead, for all the crap you preload. -- Ben
