noidea_77 :
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noidea_77 :
It's most likely a system builder edition of win8, that is tied to the motherbaord. You can not activate it on another mobo.
Can I do anything to activate it?
Win 8 'System Builder' is no longer tied to a specific motherboard.
The problem is that the number for the activation phone robot does not work.
What happens when you call the number?
But you have to use the phone activation method? That would be the same as before.
Not necessarily. Sometimes it autoactivates, sometimes you have to call. I've had it happen both ways.
But with Win7 OEM, Microsoft was under
no obligation to activate an OEM license on a different motherboard. Sometimes they would, sometimes they wouldn't.