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I know about the generic keys. Maybe if you read my posts, you would have discovered this. I also did state what I was installing, windows 8.1. I ended up having to use a pro disk to run the vbs file to discover the oem key. The problem is windows cannot activate with an oem activation key and Microsoft is refusing help as according to them, you can only install windows 8 on a retail pc with the retail image that was on the pc originally. You cannot download an iso from them and activate it via the oem key. It has to be the manufacturers media or image.
Which is bull****. It should not be this hard to clean install windows.