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Windows can’t activate right now – Follow Up

January 31, 2013 by Dan B. Lee Leave a Comment

I had originally posted a while back in regards to getting the "Windows can't activate right now..." error in windows 8. The easy fix for this is to run a command prompt as an administrator and execute the following command: slmgr.vbs -ipk "YOUR_PRODUCT_KEY" This will apparently work if you are trying to change the product key to something else. However, if you'd simply like to clear out all of the product keys, you can run this command with this switch: slmgr.vbs –upk As Windows States … [Read more...] about Windows can’t activate right now – Follow Up

Filed Under: Microsoft Windows, Windows 8 Preview & Release Tagged With: Activation, Command Prompt, Windows 8

“Windows Can’t Activate Right Now” error message when trying to activate Windows 8

October 31, 2012 by Dan B. Lee 46 Comments

I recently updated from Windows 8 Developer Preview to the full version. Instead of doing a direct upgrade or installing from scratch, I burned Windows 8 to a CD and through the options given, told Windows 8 that I'd like to upgrade without saving any any old data, apps, profile information. I was basically installing from scratch, but the Windows 8 was saving my data off to the side in a Windows.old file. I started up my new installation of Windows 8 and began editing my profile, but was … [Read more...] about “Windows Can’t Activate Right Now” error message when trying to activate Windows 8

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Activation, Command, Windows 8

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