{"id":1023,"date":"2013-12-27T17:40:41","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T00:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2013-12-27T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T00:52:32","slug":"how-to-move-a-windows-8-key-to-another-machine-or-activate-after-a-fresh-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/?p=1023","title":{"rendered":"How to move a Windows 8 key to another machine or activate after a fresh installation."},"content":{"rendered":"

On the old machine\/installation, bring up an Administrator Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

Enter the following to remove the product key:<\/p>\n

slmgr.vbs -upk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the new machine, go into Administrator Command Prompt.
\nEnter the following to activate the new machine by phone:<\/p>\n

slui.exe 4<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you have already tried the Product key and got the message stating that the key can only be used once, you will be presented with a Windows with a phone number (855 toll free number), and a long string of numbers.<\/p>\n

If you did not enter the product key, you will be prompted to Activate with a new key. I have not tested this, but I believe that you could enter your Product key. You should get an error. I would close the window, and try a “slui.exe 4” again. I would think that would get you to the same screen.<\/p>\n

Call the phone number.<\/p>\n

You will be prompted to enter the long string of numbers.<\/p>\n

Then, you will be asked for more information. I was asked how many computers the key has been used on. I answered one (the truth). I was then given a long string of numbers that I entered in the fields at the bottom of the window. <\/p>\n

Once complete, I clicked Activate. My installation was successfully activated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the old machine\/installation, bring up an Administrator Command Prompt. Enter the following to remove the product key: slmgr.vbs -upk From the new machine, go into Administrator Command Prompt. Enter the following to activate the new machine by phone: slui.exe 4 If you have already tried the Product key and got the message stating that [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[338,328],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentation","tag-product-key","tag-windows-8"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jim-zimmerman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}