My Windows 8.1 is not activated?
HI,
As I was going through buying Microsoft Office just last night. I came across my computer specs an OS details and it says that my current System isn't activated. I bought this laptop as a return/floor model/refurbished product at Best Buy and it did not come with said Windows DVD or papers. The computer, i was told, was only reset and checked for physical and hardware/sytem damage. When I bought it it had alrerady had everything installed. All I had to do was register it under my personal info ect.
So know I'm left without being able to activate my laptop the I bought under a month ago and I have no idea how to fix it. Anyone have any tips on how to activate the OS. Is it even necessary to activate it. Will I be able to download and run all my programs like, Autodesk software: Revit, AutoCAD, Maya and Design Suite etc, MS Office, Adobe, without any problems?
PS my PC say its got a current keycode active, but on the <Control Panel> <System and Security> <System> <Windows Activation> it says windows not activated. When I follow the active -> Activate Online, it says cannot activate online.
Any help ya'll can throw at me is very well appreciated. Thank ya'll in advanced.
Desco,
Welcome to the HP Forum.
I am NOT the best one to answer this question -- I do not know that much about how all the ways a system gets into this state; I might miss something obvious.
I will try to help.
Because you bought the computer at a legitimate local retail store, you can try going back to them and see what they say -- Best Buy on the West Coast does have a varied history of customer satisfaction, so good luck with that.
You might be able to get help from Microsoft Windows -- yes, really. If the software is legitimate, they might be able to help.
Start here: Why can't I activate Windows?
This document is not really a match to your situation; it is a "well, this is your creek and paddle area".
You might be able to get help over the phone -- again from Microsoft -- the tech probably knows the questions to ask and you have, well, what you have. You can ask.
You might be able to get help from an actual Microsoft Store if you live in or near a large metropolitan area when you can find a Microsoft brick-and-mortar retail store. Take your Best Buy receipt and plead your case. This sometimes works when talking on the phone will not -- you can prove who you are, at least.
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Purchase Windows 8.1 Pro
If you purchased the computer for enough off from the original purchase price, think of this as the "bait and switch" part of the deal -- you may have to purchase a new copy of Windows 8.1 Pro.
The good news about purchasing new software -- it's yours and the problem is solved.
Click the Kudos Thumbs-Up to say “Thanks" .
Although I strive to reflect HP's best practices, I do not work for HP.
Kind Regards,
Dragon-Fur
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Trusted time: 3/26/2014 9:56:25 AM
I've seen in other articles that the description should be
"VOLUME_KMS_2012-R2" channel instead of "VOLUME_KMS_R2_B channel"
My question is how do I get the 2008 R2 KMS host to activate Windows 8.1 clients?
Did I miss a step in adding the 2012 R2 KMS key, and if I did what step did I miss?
It's not possible to add Windows Vista/7/8.0/8.1 KMShost pkeys into a WindowServer OS - they will not install, because the KMShost pkey must activate the host OS as well as perform KMShost functions, and, a WindowsClientOS pkey will never be accepted on
a WindowsServerOS.
Similarly, you can't install multiple Windows pkeys - only the last (acceptable) pkey will be kept - all previous pkeys will be displaced/removed (last in wins).
Your slmgr output clearly shows that you have the WS2008R2 KMShost pkey, in place. You need to install the WS2012R2 KMshost pkey to get your 8.1 KMSclients to activate.
KMShost pkeys are "cumulative", i.e. WS2012R2 KMShost pkey will activate all lower versions of both WindowsServer and WindowsClient OS.
Don
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I keep the inspector open when using ical. This problem seems to be new to Lion that the inspector window says topmost even when ical is not active. Any way to change this behavior or is it a bug?
Go into Settings, General, Dat & Time, and set your time zone to New York. That will set the correct time.
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i can't access my home sharing in itunes ? when i fill up the apple i.d there's a pop-up window "Home sharing could not be activated because an error occurred (5506)" what's with that?
See:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
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I just started my creative cloud subscription and in AI i am trying to convert text to outlines but that command in type is not active!! can anybody tell me why? and what shall I do to activate it? i am using AI in windows 8
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I bought laptop hp pavilllion p 027 TX laptop pre installed with windows 8.1.
But windows is not activating even if i am connecting to internet.
i am calling customer care from last 10 days but i m not getting proper replies.
i tried Windows update,BIOS update,Activation via phone,and even i resettted my laptop.
i tried calling microsoft .They told installation id is invalid and to contact hp.
but i m not getting help from hp..
Plesase help.Prajwaldr wrote:
I bought laptop hp pavilllion p 027 TX laptop pre installed with windows 8.1.
But windows is not activating even if i am connecting to internet.
i am calling customer care from last 10 days but i m not getting proper replies.
i tried Windows update,BIOS update,Activation via phone,and even i resettted my laptop.
i tried calling microsoft .They told installation id is invalid and to contact hp.
but i m not getting help from hp..
Plesase help.
Then you need to take it back to where you bought it and ask them for help? What are you talking about ID is invalid? This part is confusing and not very clear?
I am a Volunteer to help others on here-not a HP employee.
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The Files window in Dreamweaver stays in front when it is not active
How do I get the Files window in Dreamweaver CC to 'jump' behind the active window. It is VERY ANNOYING(!) as it is now when it stays in front on the screen although it is not active. I remember it was like this in an earlier version of DW also, but it was fixed after an update.
<moved from Adobe Creative Cloud to Dreamweaver support forum>
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Following update Word:mac window won't enlarge/Restore button on Time machine not active
I have found two issues following automatic installation of the Security Update 2014-005 that took place last night.
The first is when I open Word:mac my window is super-small (2"x2") and will not enlarge using the manual "pull" although the arrows do appear when my mouse touches the edge of the window.
When I could not discover a way to correct this, I decided to restore from my Time Machine backups, but my Time Machine Back-ups won't all me to restore. I can see the back-ups are there but the option to Restore is not active- I can select the various back-ups and only the Cancel option is active.
Since it seems I cannot go back I may try to upgrade the OS to Yosemite to see if that helps.
Help is appreciated.So the issue with Word:mac was a glitch that resolved by changing, then reverting, screen resolution options.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2008-macword/word-view-stu ck-small-and-wont-expand/bfd3fcd7-97bf-4e3d-998d-b5476bf2e83b
And apparently I can't restore from a back-up following a security update. This would have to be done using the recovery mode since firmware was updated.
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Server tools not activating B1 2007 + Windows XP
Hie.
I am having problems also with server tools not activating for SAP Business 2007 on an Windows XP machine.
Thank you for your help.Have you checked this thread?
Error while connecting to SAP Server from Windows XP Client.
Thanks,
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Webbrowser control window not activated
I have a multi-child application, some of them holds a MS Webbrowser control loading an html document containing an applet.
When selecting an applet by clicking on it, the corresponding child window is not activated but the focus is well transfered to a textfield owned by the applet.
The previously activated child window steal appears activated
When using TAB on that child window, focus traversal seems to still work well
But when typing alpha keys, corresponding generated text goes to the applet's textfield.
Anyone could help me please, it's a very annoying problem
ThanksHi Cor,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried the same URL on IE9 and it works fine and also my test machine has IE9 on it. I found the info on registry entry change from here:
StackOverflow - Regarding IE9 WebBrowser control
Thanks Prasad
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