That was going to be my suggestion. Keyfinder.exe is the one that I have used most.
Gavin Wilby IT Support Engineer From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: 22 July 2014 16:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Win 8 OEM clean install - media, editions, activation Can you use Crap Toshiba install disk, then a keyfinder app to harvest the key, and then once so harvested change it to that key? On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > And now for the link... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750773 Ah, now at least I understand what you're trying to communicate. The problem is not that I have no mechanism to change the Product Key. The problem is, I don't *have* a Product Key. Windows 8 OEM does not ship with a Product Key or Certificate Of Authenticity. The license information is embedded in the machine's firmware. To review: I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows. The machine shipped with Win 8 Home OEM. All I have for Win 8 media is Pro edition. Win 7 let you install any edition from most media. E.g., the Win 7 Pro VLM let you install Win 7 Home. It appears Win 8 made a step backwards in this area. -- Ben SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited and SMP Fund Services Limited are licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission. SMP Accounting & Tax Limited is a member of the ICAEW Practice Assurance Scheme. SMP Partners Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 000908V Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, P.N. Eckersley, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, S.J. Turner SMP Trustees Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 068396C Directors: A.C. Baggesen, M.W. Denton, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, J. Watterson, J. Cubbon SMP Fund Services Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 120288C Directors: V. Campbell, M.W. Denton, P.N. Eckersley, D.A. Manser, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, R.K. Corkill SMP Accounting & Tax Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 001316V Directors: I.F. Begley, A.J. Dowling, P. Duchars, P.N. Eckersley, J.J. Scott, S.J. Turner SMP Capital Markets Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 002438V Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, D.F Hudson, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott. SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited, SMP Fund Services Limited, SMP Accounting & Tax Limited and SMP Capital Markets Limited are members of the SMP Partners Group of Companies. This email is confidential and is subject to disclaimers. Details can be found at: http://www.smppartners.com/disclaimer.asp ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
