Dawelio
Active member
Hey guys,
So long story short... I recently built my mother a new PC, used my PCs windows key in order to simply install Windows onto the new PC. As I would then use the Windows key which she had on her previous PC.
Mine wasn't activated on my own PC, as I had just switch motherboard, from an ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe to an ASUS Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition.
I told her NOT to click on activate, as I would call Microsoft now when I'm off work to fix both PCs... then of course, when I'm at work, she does click on activate "just to test it"... and now I don't have an Windows 8 key to activate mine.
I can't find the key sticker on her previous PC, nor any document of it... tried booting into her older HDD in order to see if I could retrieve that way, but no luck.
Now, my question is... I can't find an 8 key anywhere, only 8.1.
Does it matter if I get Windows 8.1 key rather than Windows 8 key?... I mean, I won't be able to activate that one on an windows 8 system (if I would do reinstall from the disk)?...
Hope you guys understand this... as I kinda wrote it now when I'm kinda pissed after having to buy a new key for £100 just because she couldn't wait 4 days till I'm off work, as the "activate windows" blue screen kept popping up, she thought it was too much hazzle to click it off and away... and simply activated it instead.
Wow... I'm really pissed at the moment, sorry guys! :/
Thanks,
Chrazey
So long story short... I recently built my mother a new PC, used my PCs windows key in order to simply install Windows onto the new PC. As I would then use the Windows key which she had on her previous PC.
Mine wasn't activated on my own PC, as I had just switch motherboard, from an ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe to an ASUS Gryphon Z97 Armor Edition.
I told her NOT to click on activate, as I would call Microsoft now when I'm off work to fix both PCs... then of course, when I'm at work, she does click on activate "just to test it"... and now I don't have an Windows 8 key to activate mine.
I can't find the key sticker on her previous PC, nor any document of it... tried booting into her older HDD in order to see if I could retrieve that way, but no luck.
Now, my question is... I can't find an 8 key anywhere, only 8.1.
Does it matter if I get Windows 8.1 key rather than Windows 8 key?... I mean, I won't be able to activate that one on an windows 8 system (if I would do reinstall from the disk)?...
Hope you guys understand this... as I kinda wrote it now when I'm kinda pissed after having to buy a new key for £100 just because she couldn't wait 4 days till I'm off work, as the "activate windows" blue screen kept popping up, she thought it was too much hazzle to click it off and away... and simply activated it instead.
Wow... I'm really pissed at the moment, sorry guys! :/
Thanks,
Chrazey