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Unbelievable. oscar On 3/13/2013 11:28 AM, Gary Schrock wrote: > Anyone try installing Win 8 from a volume license yet? As you'll > recall from Win 7, you have to go in and change the product key after > install. Well, you do the same thing in Win 8. The catch? The link > for changing the product key doesn't appear if windows isn't > activated. Here's what I found from MS on how to do this: > > To change the product key without first activating Windows, use one of > the following methods: > Method 1 > > Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, > if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the > screen, and then click Search. > In the search box, type Slui.exe 0x3. > Tap or click the Slui.exe 0x3 icon. > Type your product key in the Windows Activation window, and then click Activate. > Method 2 > > Run the following command at an elevated command prompt: > Cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /ipk <Your product key> > Note You can also use the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 3.0 > to change the product key remotely, or if you want to change the > product key on multiple computers. > > ---- > > The words I want to use to describe this aren't fit for polite > company, so I'll exclude them from this email :). > > Gary > -- Oscar Castaņeda Remote Sensing & GIS Michigan State University