On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > No help?
Um... huh? :) -- Ben > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Ben 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.
