Windows 8 Product Activation Key is Available Here (For Real!)


The installation of the Windows 8 operating system  is pretty straightforward and users do not need to enter a product key during installation. It may however come as a shock to some users while re-installation when they they have to enter the Windows 8 product key .

Also see: How to Install Windows 8 From USB Drive

The problem here is that Microsoft is not supplying the product key with the operating system. You won’t find it in a text document that is part of the installation files nor on the official website.

Windows 8 Operating System Product Key

A Microsoft employee replied has provided the solution for this issue @  Microsoft Developer Network forum:

If you need to reinstall Windows Developer Preview or use the Reset functionality, you might be asked to enter this product key:

6RH4V-HNTWC-JQKG8-RFR3R-36498

If you’re running a server version of Windows Developer Preview, you can use this product key:

4Y8N3-H7MMW-C76VJ-YD3XV-MBDKV

Note: These product keys are only for use with the Windows Developer Preview version of Windows 8.

There you have it. The keys are only compatible with the developer preview of Windows 8. However tt will wont work in the beta or the final version of the operating system.

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5 Responses to “Windows 8 Product Activation Key is Available Here (For Real!)”

  1. Michael

    Jan 11. 2012

    They should not be in a hurry to release a new version of windows all the time, I am still not even done finding out how windows vista & 7 works. There is nothing wrong with windows 7, which i intend to use for quite sometime.

    Even Windows XP is very stable, even though Microsoft is discontinue windows xp soon, i will still be using it on some the very old computers i have. Because XP is just as good as 7 but atleast windows xp is not GRAPHIC hungry like vista and 7 is.

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  2. me

    Feb 17. 2012

    NOPE

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  3. ggaz

    Apr 12. 2012

    welcome to 2012. windows 8 is cool. i guess. i will never use XP ever again. i love win7 so da fact dat win 8 iz basically an revamped version of win7 got me hooked. been testin for 3days now n only few problemz. drivers etc. also disable automatic defrag. not working yet? i like win 8. u will too if u giv it time. biggest downfall. not free like ubuntu

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