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Well been on the phone with em they asked for my key an email addy gave it em confirmed key an addy are genuine but still not showing in purchase history that i bought the Os when it was on offer.................lmao

So it looks like im going for the option of purchasing W8 oem from Ocuk.

Not a happy chappy :(
 
FYI, if you have an upgrade copy of windows 8 do the following:

Wipe your drive.
Install W8.
It will install fine but then tell you there is a problem with your key.
Run windows 8 install again.
The installer will realise that you have already got windows installed and install fine.
At this point you will be fine to run or you may need to call the automated MS helpline for 2 mins to activate it.

Bingo!
 
FYI, if you have an upgrade copy of windows 8 do the following:

Wipe your drive.
Install W8.
It will install fine but then tell you there is a problem with your key.
Run windows 8 install again.
The installer will realise that you have already got windows installed and install fine.
At this point you will be fine to run or you may need to call the automated MS helpline for 2 mins to activate it.

Bingo!

Quicker way:

Open regedit by pressing Windows-q, entering regedit and selecting the result from the list of hits.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
Change MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0
Go back to the start screen and enter cmd there.
Right-click Command Prompt and select to run it as administrator.
Type slmgr /rearm on the command line and hit enter.
Reboot Windows now.
Run the activation utility afterwards, enter your product key to activate Windows.
 
FYI, if you have an upgrade copy of windows 8 do the following:

Wipe your drive.
Install W8.
It will install fine but then tell you there is a problem with your key.
Run windows 8 install again.
The installer will realise that you have already got windows installed and install fine.
At this point you will be fine to run or you may need to call the automated MS helpline for 2 mins to activate it.

Bingo!

Right..........i can not install W8 the same way i would my W7, my W7 is retail that comes on disc in a box with serial.

My W8 is an EXE file not an iso and is not on disc.

So the only way to use it is to install an Os first which in my case would be W7 then install W8 over the top.

If i buy a new HD i will still have to install W7 first.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO DO ;)

I want an iso of the upgrade to burn off that way i do not need to install W7 every time i want to install W8.

Hope that clears every thing up lol
 
I think your only hope is to go down the route that should not be mentioned.

Unless you just do as you said above and buy a disc.

Yeah il be buying one Suarez m8 im abit picky when it comes to me Os, has to be original.

no idea what the exe is, use the dvd?

No comment to that really................................
 
Yeah il be buying one Suarez m8 im abit picky when it comes to me Os, has to be original.



No comment to that really................................

I'm not sure I really follow. MS confirmed that it is genuine yet they can't provide you a key of some kind? That seems really strange. If they could at least give you a key you could get the install media from a 'dodgy source' but then use a genuine key to install it (obviously be careful that it's not got some kind of key logging in it).
 
I'm not sure I really follow. MS confirmed that it is genuine yet they can't provide you a key of some kind? That seems really strange. If they could at least give you a key you could get the install media from a 'dodgy source' but then use a genuine key to install it (obviously be careful that it's not got some kind of key logging in it).

Apparently they can't do any thing as nothing is showing in my purchase history, so i mentioned that they confirmed the key/serial is legit but that didn't matter as i could have purchased the key from any where :\

Basically there saying there's nothing wrong with the product or key which there aint, its just my history/profile thats messed up.
 
Apparently they can't do any thing as nothing is showing in my purchase history, so i mentioned that they confirmed the key/serial is legit but that didn't matter as i could have purchased the key from any where :\

Basically there saying there's nothing wrong with the product or key which there aint, its just my history/profile thats messed up.

So you've got a product key sitting around? I'd strongly suggest downloading the install media/iso from 'elsewhere'. Get yourself up and running and if you've then got the energy, keep pursuing them about the purchase afterwards.
 
So you've got a product key sitting around? I'd strongly suggest downloading the install media/iso from 'elsewhere'. Get yourself up and running and if you've then got the energy, keep pursuing them about the purchase afterwards.

Yeah im lucky enough that i put W8 back on 2 days ago for BF4 an ready for the free 8.1.

Il end up buying it at the end of the month i suppose just for peace of mind unless they end up releasing 8.1 on retail then il hang out for that one.

Pc's if its not one thing it's another lol been deciding to get either a 3770K or a new case at the end of the month.............Os wins lol

Cheers for the help as well m8
 
All sorted now cheers for the help, been on to ms again :D

They've done some thing with my key so i can't use it again, but they've sent me a link to dl the image with a new key woot woot.

Time for a fresh install :D
 
There's no way to download an iso from the place you got the exe? very strange.

I could have Skyfall but the problem i was having was my MS account was showing no purchase history of my W8 up grade, so with no proof of purchase on my account i couldn't re-down load it in the format that i wanted.

Which was iso so i could burn it off to disc an be able to install it on a new hard drive as the exe required an Os installed in the first place to up grade.
 
Sure 8.1 is due for release in a couple of weeks, probably roughly the same time BF4 gets its public release, I will need to download the Beta and give it a go. Just about to put my PC under water so looking forward to BF4 and overclocking the nuts out of my system.
 
Playing as per spec in Sig, gfx options set to Ultra (playing all standard Ultra settings):

BF4 Bench results...playing gfx set ultra

2013-10-12 10:54:32 - bf4
Frames: 35328 - Time: 514328ms - Avg: 68.688 - Min: 47 - Max: 110
 
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