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but when you go to activate, you get an error 0x8007007B, saying
your product key can only
be used for upgrading.
If you get that error, here's how to fix it:
When you get back into Windows, you should be able to run the
Activation utility and activate
Windows as normal, without getting an error. Obviously, you
could use this trick for evil, but it
has its legitimate place tooif, say, you're upgrading your hard
drive and want to do a fresh
install on it, or if you formatted your drive before
upgrading.
We haven't had a chance to test it ourselves, but it's been well
documented around the net
(http://www
.guidingtech.com/16405/probable-fix-activating-windows-8-clean-install/),
so
we're confident it should work for you if you're getting this
particular error. If you g ive it a shot,
let us know how it w orks for you in the discussions below!
Thanks for the tip, uncommoner
(http://lifehacker.com/people/uncommoner)!
How to Do a Clean Install of Windows 8 with an Upgrade
License
(http://lifehacker.com/5983652/?post=57326393)
Every w eek, we rec eive tons of reader tips, often in response
to tips we'v e posted. Our Tip of the Week
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Press the Windows key and type
regedit
. Press enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/
and double-click on the
MediabootInstall
key in the right pane.
Change the key's value from 1 to 0.
Exit the Registry Editor, press the Windows key again, and
type
cmd
. Right-click on the Comm and Prompt icon and run it as an
administrator.
Type
slmgr /rearm
and press Enter.
Reboot Windows.
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basketcase7 (http://basketc
Another round of hacking a legitimate OS
install to get it to "activate" correctly. I really
hope this Linux gaming revolution takes off
soon.
2/15/13 11:26am
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King Antonius (http://ninja_in
So... is there an easy way to take the
downloaded version of the upgrade and do
this? It's not currently saved on any kind of
external media, can it be?
2/15/13 12:17pm
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