Ma tu dimmi se è possibile!?!
Ieri decido di formattare il mio PC con Windows 8 Pro, con licenza regolarmente acquistata.
Devo permettete che sono uno di quei pazzi che si è preso pure la briga di comprare l'upgrade da 7 a 8.
Piallo tutto dopo aver fatto il backup dei dati, reinstallo il SO inserendo il codice che MS stessa mi ha mandato. E con tanta pazienza reinstallo tutti i programmi, circa 2/e ore di tempo e pazienza, ma il mio PC ora sembra a posto... Se no che... Mi appare la scritta che devo nuovamente autenticare il codice di registrazione. Va be' questione di un minuto. Ridigito il tutto e: questi Pazzi mi dicono che il codice non è valido?? Leggendo attentamente scopro che il problema è che il mio codice è per un upgrade e non è valido per una installazione pulita??? Ma siamo pazzi? Dando un'occhiata in rete scopro che non sono l'unico ad avere questo problema! Questi co***oni di MS pretendono che io cancelli tutto di nuovo installi W7 aggiorni a W8 e poi installi tutti i programmi. FOLLIA!!!
per fortuna, per ogni idiozia di MS c'è che ritrova una soluzione.
Alla persona che ha scritto questa soluzione devo sicuramente una birra
Windows 3.1 win95 win98 win NT win2k winXP win Vista win7 win8 win 8.1
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The work around for this, while probably not officially supported for obvious reasons (they want more money), is to change a registry key. This was posted for Windows 7 update keys doing the same thing on a forum (though I had an update version AND did a clean install MULTIPLE times without having to do this) but worked without an issue on my laptop running Windows 8 regardless.
1. Run the registry editor (regedit)
2. Find the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE
3. Change the value for 'MediaBootInstall' from 1 to 0
4. Open an elevated command prompt (run as admin)
5. Run the following command: slmgr -rearm
6. Reboot
If you already entered your key, check the activation: for me it was already activated and I needed to do nothing more. If not, type in activate windows and type in the key; it should work. Also, do yourself a favor and export this key from regedit and save it somewhere if you ever are required to do another clean install. I know I did.
I had the same issue here, and it's simply asinine. Have the INSTALLER check for a copy of Windows 7 or lower on a hard disk before INSTALLING Windows 8; that way, we can have a clean install LIKE IT LETS US DO. Either that, or remove the option altogether. Most importantly: inform your customers of this limitation (because telling them that they can do a clean install using update media, while true, is VERY misleading when the product license won't allow it).
In short, it's bull-poo (I wanted to use a word that rhymes with 'trap' but obviously that's too vulgar. Enjoy "bull-poo" because what it implies is actually worse) like this that leads to pirating. If I hadn't found the registry edit, I had 3 options as I saw it:
1. Uninstall Win8, reinstall Win7, upgrade Win7 to Win8 (makes a lot of sense, right? Especially seeing that I didn't know my key wasn't activated until hours after entering it, and had already installed drivers and software)
2. Buy a 'full' Win8 product key (There's an extra couple bucks that I didn't need...)
or 3. Pirate it
Hint: I was leaning towards 3. I already paid, I had every right to use the software I just purchased without having to jump through hoops or repurchase Win8 for both my PCs (not to mention, I own so many Microsoft products: from some of their mice to their phone to an Xbox...).
(I'm in no way endorsing pirating, just saying simply that this is generally the root cause--aside from pricing--and it's time that companies begin to realize that. Restrictive DRM generally leads to more frustration from your customers and more pirating results. Period. Rather than muddying the legal waters through lobbying, take preventive action and serve your customers...)
