Windows 8 activation

[Nishamkk1]

I bought a HP laptop almost 2 years ago with a pre installed windows.

Couple of weeks ago windows started asking me to activate for the first and when I tried to activate it shows , it can not be done now. contact systen admin.

I contacted microsoft and they advised me to contact HP.

Have no idea why all of a sudden windows asked me for an activation code.

Could someone help me with this.

[Dan_Asee · Accepted solution]

Hi

Use the first link for the information to get your windows product key from your system, and use the second link for the information to activate windows manually

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-recover-windows-88-1-product-key-from-bios/

http://www.urtech.ca/2012/08/solved-windows-cant-be-activated-right-now-windows-8/

[Nishamkk1]

You made my day..perfectly fine.. EVen the microsfot guy wasnt able to help me. He was trying to sell me a new windows.. Thanks alot.. 🙂 

[Sabeel]

I was really frustrated to know this problem ,But thanks a lot for your help. It worked like a charm.:smileyhappy:

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@Dan_Asee wrote:

Hi

Use the first link for the information to get your windows product key from your system, and use the second link for the information to activate windows manually

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-recover-windows-88-1-product-key-from-bios/

http://www.urtech.ca/2012/08/solved-windows-cant-be-activated-right-now-windows-8/

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[BC_Papa_Bear]

Hi,

Appreciate the help below. My laptop stopped booting into windows (8.1 Pro) the other day. After running several diagnostics, (memory, disk, system board, etc,) with no problem found, I tried the System Restore from Bios\troubleshooting. (not wanting to have tto re-install all my applications).  

After restore, i was presented with the Actiavte Windows screen looking for a Product Key.

I don't recall receiving a product key as the laptop came with Windows 8 pre-installed.

I tried the product key provided by the First Suggestion above (pkeyuibx). which did find a key. Unfortunatey, MS came back with "This product key doesn't work." Even thought the last 4 digits matched the Current product key shown.

I tried the online activation, again, MS said that it could not activate this version.

Problem is that I need to activate windows 8 in order to upgrade to windows 8.1 pro (which I have a product key for).

Tried using a winodws 8.1 pro iso and PK, but it would not accept it this way.

Quite frustrating that the restore doesn't automatically activate....arghhhh.

Any help appreciated.

Doug

[MM-peter-2016]

ha....ha...

[BC_Papa_Bear]

Solved the problem myself. Microsoft helped to get my windows 10 pro os installed.

[BC_Papa_Bear]

Does your daddy know you are playing with his computer? Naughty boy.

[Vaibhav94]

Its working.

Really thanks...

[wincrunch]

When a user receives Windows 8 installation disc from a buddy unaccompanied by a product key, he begins to search it here and there. As we acknowledge, in the absence of the product key windows 8 is pretty impossible to be installed. You can check[edit]further detail.