I'd much rather pay a few hundred dollars out of pocket to replace the motherboard Have you actually checked notebook mobo replacement prices? Couldn't activate after that install and had to restore to factory default Windows 7 from my restore disks. I then used ProduKey, as suggested also in this thread, and saw that I was on a different product key and the Pro key was also shown by ProduKey. Would I be able to do that without the product key? When Win 10 comes out, the Product key on the motherboard will be useless as soon as anyone upgrades. I just received a new Asus laptop replacement unit offered under warranty and it came pre-installed with Windows 8. Check it and try again, or try a different key I am like, huh? Needless to say he will never buy another Acer. We don't need to enter a name or an email; we just click on the Download! You blame the manufacturer and yet you dont know the full story, nor do you realise that this affects all manufacturers. If anything in the above guide didn't work as described, and you weren't able to find the Windows 8.
Browse other questions tagged or. Find it and use it. My position is someone wants to find their Win 8 product key. The computer is destroyed after warranty expires then you lose everything. Hello Jeff, and welcome to Ten Forums. The alternative is to install 8, install a bunch of Windows updates, then install Windows 8. Although I can't get my copy to Activate at the moment I guess the server is a bit busy! We just enter the unique nine groups of numbers for our system through the phone keypad.
We're shafted at their convenience. You may have better luck calling Microsoft and they can remote activate it for you over the phone. Especially not after how their technical support team treated me today. Either way, first thing I do with any new laptop from now on is going to be to extract all product keys with Belarc and write them down. So now I have a Win10 clean install and no key.
To learn how to buy Windows 8. After I closed the program and restarted it again, only the first two options were available. I'm interested in where you ended up downloading your copy of Win 8 from? Here's the thing: the replacement agreement I signed said I would be getting Windows 7, not Windows 8. How would you know that what it displayed was a valid key? That said, what part of the hardware is that key linked to. It came with Office pre-installed but I'm not confident that is on the recovery partition, and there's no way of recovering the full product key. I did a key search and the string is that same as I used to activate the laptop. So, before contacting Asus in the country where your laptop was bought , make sure what exactly was sold on it.
When I was done with the installation Windows activated right away. Since then, the desktop has worked flawlessly. I had some issues with the Win10 probably because of the 8. Okay, thanks for the clarification. I hope this isn't against any rules.
This is not what they told me when I bought it. First off, I know I don't need one to upgrade. It seemed to install something, and after reboot, I was still on Win 10 Home. Why would I want to try Win 8? As soon as you go online it automatically activates your Windows key with no input from you. This is a complex set of circumstances that is engineered by Microsoft. Most manufacturers of laptops provide three backup possibilities: a Create a set of backup discs. Unfortunately it seems the entirety of Asus in Australia has no idea what Windows 8 product keys are or where they come from and are unable to help me.
It's just the cost of getting a free upgrade, jumping through a few hoops. But even then, I doubt you will get something - if you lost your new iPhone, would Apple send you a new one just because you claim to have lost it? Consider whether you need to quote at all — unless you are quoting to respond to a specific statement, it's usually easier to just mention who you're responding to. Becomes unreadable due to being worn away. There is a Windows 8 key and an Office key. The Win8 serial is not recorded as this against Microsoft's own rules.
This has never been a problem with previous versions of Windows. It won't let me buy it without my Windows Product Key. Why would I want to try Win 8? Because the message instructed that I contact the mfg, I checked with Asus. If worse comes to worst you can buy Windows 8. I see you decided to add to your post after my reply to it was deemed pointless! Certified Drives are not required. The first time when I opened it, I had three options: purchase, online shopping or use. This is how it is.