Windows 8.1 pre-installed , your windows license will expire soon?!?!

I just updated my Windows today when they prompted and asked me to update it and restart the laptop. After updating and restarting, the laptop suddenly notifies me that my windows license will expire soon and I will need to activate it in the pcsettings.
It then brings me to a page with two choices, activate windows online or enter new product key. I tried both options but the first one won't work and the second one requires a product key which I have no idea what it is. When I look at my system information, it says that my windows 8.1 is activated.
By the way, my windows 8 is pre-installed on the laptop. Please help, I am a complete newbie in the technology field!
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Hi,
Try the following.
Hold down the ctrl and alt keys and press delete.
Select Task Manager.
In the bottom left select More Details ( if it's not already selected ).
Click in the Name column header to arrange the processes in alphabetical order.
Find the process Windows Explorer, then right click on it and select Restart.
When the process has restarted, close Task Manager, then right click the Start Menu icon, select Command Prompt (Admin) and click ‘Yes’ to the uac prompt.
Enter the following command and hit enter ( Note that there is a space between slmgr and -rearm )
slmgr -rearm
Restart the notebook.
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