: O% `% p& |4 A- i# K. ^Um... for those who haven't activated their Windows 8 yet, you can do it using this KMS Server i found today (thank you Google), i've tested it and it works like a charm |
, so hurry before it goes down |
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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' M! t9 }7 w+ o, A% oslmgr -skms 147.134.1.42:1688
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2 H3 ~8 y- P, Q7 L- N, ?UPDATE 1: PLEASE NOTICE THAT KMS ACTIVATION IS VALID ONLY FOR 180 DAYS, AND YOU CAN RENEW IT, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT ACTIVATION, THIS TUTORIAL MIGHT HELP: $ w9 P/ B* K$ o$ a; w: R
Activate Windows 8 Via Phone , (I USED THIS ONE ), o, A2 `6 `2 I% ]
ANY OTHER ACTIVATION METHODS, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT (AT LEAST FOR NOW, WAITING FOR A REAL ACTIVATOR).2 F, p! [) k: f7 o1 W _9 I$ }' \) w. W
ONE MORE THING, YOU CAN ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR ACTIVATION, FOR LATER USE...
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1 n! g, {) d& V$ D7 J* [UPDATE 2 (ACTIVATE VIA PHONE) : WANNA ACTIVATE WINDOWS 8 BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE MAK KEY IS STILL VALID ? THIS UTILITY WILL HELP: PID Checker% V5 q. s6 L. [! V7 T: {7 t/ Q6 _
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[strike]Ouch! too bad!! that was the last working key , waiting for new ones...[/strike]2 w, Q9 `% L$ l2 _" t! @2 ~. @8 Z
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This server is also working: kms.creighton.edu:16883 v3 w+ Z3 ^& h
And to activate Enterprise using this method use this key: 32JNW-9KQ84-P47T8-D8GGY-CWCK7
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8 A/ H! n7 ]4 y8 kIT TURNED OUT THAT BOTH ARE SAME SERVER WITH DIFFERENT DNS NAME (HERE IS ANOTHER NAME : ), BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY... IT DOES THE JOB3 f) |5 d4 o, r6 v3 Y& P, g
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UPDATE 4 : WINDOWS 8 KMS KEYS
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JUST REPLACE [KEY] WITH THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOUR VERSION :0 X! p3 ?4 m9 \. i& H9 j3 v# l/ u
slmgr.vbs -ipk [KEY] ...etc
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[/li][li]90-DAYS EVALUATION VERSION CANNOT BE ACTIVATED (NEITHER BY KMS OR PHONE), WHEN IT EXPIRES IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RENEW OR REACTIVATE." X. ]3 @" c1 z8 w9 Q
[/li][li]WINDOWS 8 CORE VERSION CANNOT BE ACTIVATED THROUGH KMS, SORRY[/li] HAVING PROBLEMS APPLYING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE? EASY! YOU CAN NOW GET ACTIVATED WITH JUST ONE CLICK...USING THIS SMALL *.bat FILE
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KMS ACTIVATION DOESN'T WORK WITH WINDOWS 8 PROWMC, SO IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO UPGRADE TO PROWMC, PLEASE FIRST ACTIVATE PRO VERSION, THEN AFTER ADDING WMC USE PHONE METHOD TO GET ACTIVATED., q; @) M- u+ e' q
*IF YOU MISSED PRO ACTIVATION PART, YOU'LL BE UNABLE TO INSTALL MAK KEY AFTER UPGRADING WHICH MEANS NO ACTIVATION |