Or even the 120 day demo download. Gavin Wilby IT Support Engineer
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramer, Jack Sent: 22 July 2014 16:56 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Win 8 OEM clean install - media, editions, activation Isn't the OEM key in Win8-specific BIOS not a VL key? Have you tried with retail edition media? (Technet or Volume Licensing portal should be able to get you those ISOs) On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm confused. You have VL media, but no VL key? > > I have a Volume License Key. But it's for the license we bought at > work. I'm trying to borrow the media to use with a home PC. Media is > media, but Microsoft *really* frowns upon using a Product Key from one > license with an install from a different license seat. > > Also, the VLK from work is for Pro edition, and this laptop is > licensed for Home. > >>> 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. >> >> You're trying to get 8 installed without the cruft, so you're using >> media without the cruft (unlike the Toshiba re-install solution)? > > Correct, but the availability (to me) of the correct edition and > channel of media is also an issue. > > -- 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 ______________________________________________________________________
