Forced into piracy in less than 8 hours after paying for a genuine copy. Can't beat Microsoft
lol.
Or you could ask a fellow overclocker to upload their iso to a decent download site.
Windows 8 who's buying/upgrading
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lol.
Or you could ask a fellow overclocker to upload their iso to a decent download site.
There must be a way to download from MS I cant be the only one who cocks it up,Ill have to give support a bell when it opens.
good luck.
I rang em up when it said my cd key had been used to many times.
They just said you need to go back to where you got the CD key from. Sorry.
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Yes you can do fresh install as I did it as it work!
there is a link to the download from Microsoft that you got in the e-mail with your activation key
Nah found out how to get the download again the link is in the confirmation e-mail they sent you,once you log in to your account it gives you the download link
Thanks Ade74 must have figured it out the same time cheers
Thanks Ade74 must have figured it out the same time cheers
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windows 8 does not recognise java and now minecraft don't work 
Same here. I installed on an Acer W500 running W8 preview.
Through the upgrade wizard I just didn't have enough space to upgrade, it was asking for 16GB, so I backed out, and chose to create a usb iso.
After booting from it I chose advance install then chose to destroy my existing partition.
It created a new partition and did a fresh install, no asking for win 7 keys or media or ought.
Easy peäsy.
Strange as upgrade from Windows 7 Professional SP1 x64 OEM to Windows 8 Pro x64 had failed to upgrade, but try unformatted SSD with clean installation Windows 8 Pro x64 and it working perfect and activated. I had create media USB flash memory stick 4GB during upgrade (for clean installation) good job I did that.
Windows 8 Pro upgrade failed
This is the message I get, Going to have a play when I get home tonight. When you say you tried an unformatted SSD how do you mean. Did it have your previous version of windows installed on it?
ive had it on my acer w500 for the last month really big improvement for tabs.
I had the full version of 8 so didn't need to upgrade on that just fresh install from USB.
I like to use the latest OS and apparently it is faster and more stable and it has a few new features that i would use like task manager and explorer toolbar. It would also be a nice challenge to see if i can make it usable
why do i want to use it, cause i am geek, ok. It also my job, i need to stay in with latest stuff.
Its very usable? Re-wire your brain so that it knows Metro is the new start button with more features and the OS makes sense.
Don't and it won't.
its easy once you get used to it.
Hover to the right and u still get search settings etc then everything else is metro.
Woke up this morning and the download is (finally) complete.
So I have created a USB media stick AND a DVD and copied it to a external HDD drive in case.
Let's hope it installs the right one? I could not see any option whether to download the 32-bit or 64-bit version?
So I have created a USB media stick AND a DVD and copied it to a external HDD drive in case.
Let's hope it installs the right one? I could not see any option whether to download the 32-bit or 64-bit version?
There is no desktop search, why people can't get their head around that is beyond me.
If you upgrade a retail version of Win7 Pro to Win8 Pro download for £24.99 does that mean your Win7 Pro license is no longer valid?
and does it mean that you could use Win8 Pro like a retail version, which would allow an install on different hardware.
and does it mean that you could use Win8 Pro like a retail version, which would allow an install on different hardware.
Hi guys, need some advice please. I currently have Windows 7 on my machine and want to purchase a Windows 8 upgrade lisence and install it to a new drive leaving my Windows 7 install in tact. I have a Windows xp license that I want to upgrade to windows 8 but my copy of windows xp isn't installed on anything, can I buy the windows 8 upgrade and use the xp license, leaving my win 7 alone?
Thanks
Thanks
I had that. Make sure you add the space. [xxxx xxx].