Extending windows partition (with EOM Windows)

Okay, so we just used Bootcamp and installed Windows 8 on a new mac. I wasn't watching as my girlfriend Mary went through Bootcamp setup, and wanted to let her do it on her own and just help if needed...so it is now set to only 20 GB. We haven't even installed a single program on the Windows partition, just tried to put on the Windows support software that's part of Bootcamp, and it already ran out of space. I used disk utility on Mac OSX to reduce the size of the mac partition, but windows doesn't seem capable of expanding to fill the empty space.
I've been looking up info on how to resize it, and the standard suggestion is to use WinClone to clone the windows side, re-partition, and restore from clone. I'm comfortable enough with computers to do this, I think, but I'm concerned with how the EOM ("system builder") version of Windows 8 will respond to it. Will it think I'm trying to install on a new computer, and not let me activate? Will I even have to activate, or will it hold on to the activation from before the cloning?
It would also be relatively simple to uninstall the whole thing and reinstall, since there's absolutely NOTHING on the windows side yet except the operating system...but again I'm worried that my EOM license will complain, as it might think I'm trying to put it on a new computer (which is expressly not allowed with this version -- it's supposed to go on one computer and stay there.)
I've also seen suggestions of programs to use for resizing partitions. GParted sounded promising, but it hasn't been working for me. I load it, and by the time it asks me what keymap to use it stops responding to the keyboard or mouse. I could try troubleshooting it further, but it has been frustrating so far. That was the only free program I saw. There are a few other listed options for $20-50, which I'll pay if I absolutely need to, but this really doesn't seem like it should be so complicated. There's a bunch of empty space not assigned to any partition, and I want an existing partition to fill it.
If it matters, this is on a MacBook Pro, the version they're still selling but without the Retina display, and we're on the newest version of Mac OSX. 13 inches, baseline except for doubling the RAM. The computer was purchased less than a week ago.

swagmonkey wrote:
Thanks. I was hoping I could do it with the free utilities,
Don't we all

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Just kidding...
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undefiniert wrote:
Hi
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So, what can i do now? BootCamp don`t want the Windows USB Stick.
I need help :-)
Thanks
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