I did not create a recovery disk and now my windows keep asking to be activated.

JodMar

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Windows 8 was already activated on my system at the time of purchase. About a week ago i started seeing a message advising it is not activated. There is no product key on the bottom of the machine neither was there a key on the battery.The only product key found was under Pc Info and that turns out to be a manufacturer's key so there is nothing i can do with that. Worst part is I'm not in a location where a Recovery disk can be shipped. Any ideas as to how i can get this sorted out?
 

joesklar

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Open CMD as administrator
Type slui 4 and press enter
This will guide you through the phone activation procedure.
Follow the on screen commands to get Windows 8 fully activated.
Keep us posted.