No help?
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
