Windows 8 RTM on TechNet Aug 15th

Barman58 · 17 Aug 2012

As well as the obvious different subscriptions which will effect the available keys. there is also I believe regional differences so that numbers of keys in a subscription in the US may differ to that available with the same subscription taken out in Asia, for example

jimbo45 · 18 Aug 2012

Hi there

@barman
European subscription TechNet Pro ----> Enterprise versions 1 VL key (Multiple activation usually 500 or more)
Non Enterprise versions including servers 3 keys activatable 10 times or so).

Existing keys for older products --- will say you have claimed n out of 0 keys. These keys you've claimed will still work and you can find links to the actual products by following links My Keys where you can still get Windows 7 Home premium etc etc.

New Subscribers -- product will still function even if subscription expires - but your license to use the product has been "revoked".

Previous subscribers (before mid july 2012) you can still use products even if subscription lapses - but in all cases software is for EVALUATION and TESTING purposes -- it's not intended to be a cheap way of licensing your entire Family's set of computers - which is why the use became more restrictive in the first place.

Cheers
jimbo

richnrockville · 18 Aug 2012

pparks1 said:

It's wierd that Enterprise installed using a KMS key by default. And that key cannot activate, which is why you see the error you see.

Unlike Windows 7 where there was a button to change the product key, Windows 8 doesn't have that option.

Open an elevated command prompt and run
slmgr.vbs -ipk "Your key"

Then, you will be able to activate your key.

I could not find the vbs file named slmgr.vbs anywhere on my disk or the dvd that Installed the enterprise version from.

what am I doing wrong?

In the meantime, I downloaded and installed the pro version but of course it does not include any multimedia at all. Kind of a come on for more money to have video and sound.

Rich

Added later, Success after copyingteh slmgr.vbs file to a USB stick and then activating afterwards. thanks pparks1
Rich

Phone Man · 18 Aug 2012

richnrockville said:

In the meantime, I downloaded and installed the pro version but of course it does not include any multimedia at all. Kind of a come on for more money to have video and sound.

Rich

Pro comes with Windows Media Player. It just does not have a codex to play DVD's.

Jim

Barman58 · 18 Aug 2012

Media centre is due to be a free d/l for pro and enterprise, shortly, definitely will be available ny public release in october.
This follows normal procedures for business versions, though it is normally only games that need adding. Of course it does make sense with the bundling rows that caused the N versions.

Personally as long as VLC works I may not bother to d/l :)