- Jan 30, 2015
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Hai.
Long story of events that lead to now:
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So, I bought this pc about 2-3 years ago when it still had Windows 8. Then when Windows 8.1 came I could upgrade for free in the Windows store, so I did. But then every time I started my pc, and just every 2 hours, a big screen would overlay everything saying I had to activate Windows (while I had no key), and had to wait a few sec everytime before I could click it away. I guess when I bought my PC it had a pirated copy of Windows 8.
So to fix that, I searched some Windows 8.1 activators / cracks on youtube. I believe it was called KMS what worked. So it worked for some time. Until exactly 1 year ago where it just randomly stopped working, maybe the key expired? Anyways, my pc started restarting every 2 hours from then on, and I tried some more cracks, but they didn't work.
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So for a whole year now my pc has been restarting every 2 hours. And that restart is instant, you get a blue screen for 1 second and then it restarts without saving anything. I have to calculate 2 hours ahead every time I start my pc so I can restart manually before it happens for the PC's safety. But now I've finally grown tired of it.
When I go to PC Settings, and choose Activate Windows, it shows this:
http://i.imgur.com/yRxKqc8.png
(English translation: Your license for this evaluation version of Windows has expired. You have to install the newest version and activate it. Until you have activated Windows, this pc will restart every 2 hours, so be sure to make a back-up of your data.)
The clickable link that says "Install newest version of Windows" (should) lead to the page where you can download Windows 8.1. Here comes the biggest problem: apparently this cracked version of 8.1 doesn't support showing that in the store. Because when I go to the store for 8.1, it shows this:
http://i.imgur.com/FfwnVAc.png
(English translation: This update is not available for your pc or you're using a version of Windows that does not allow updating via the Store.)
I'd be more than willing to actually buy a valid version of Windows 8.1 now. But how? There's not a place where I can simply enter a license key I buy, because it wants me to completely re-install Windows 8.1, which is not possible through the Store.
Long story of events that lead to now:
____________________________________________
So, I bought this pc about 2-3 years ago when it still had Windows 8. Then when Windows 8.1 came I could upgrade for free in the Windows store, so I did. But then every time I started my pc, and just every 2 hours, a big screen would overlay everything saying I had to activate Windows (while I had no key), and had to wait a few sec everytime before I could click it away. I guess when I bought my PC it had a pirated copy of Windows 8.
So to fix that, I searched some Windows 8.1 activators / cracks on youtube. I believe it was called KMS what worked. So it worked for some time. Until exactly 1 year ago where it just randomly stopped working, maybe the key expired? Anyways, my pc started restarting every 2 hours from then on, and I tried some more cracks, but they didn't work.
_____________________________________________
So for a whole year now my pc has been restarting every 2 hours. And that restart is instant, you get a blue screen for 1 second and then it restarts without saving anything. I have to calculate 2 hours ahead every time I start my pc so I can restart manually before it happens for the PC's safety. But now I've finally grown tired of it.
When I go to PC Settings, and choose Activate Windows, it shows this:
http://i.imgur.com/yRxKqc8.png
(English translation: Your license for this evaluation version of Windows has expired. You have to install the newest version and activate it. Until you have activated Windows, this pc will restart every 2 hours, so be sure to make a back-up of your data.)
The clickable link that says "Install newest version of Windows" (should) lead to the page where you can download Windows 8.1. Here comes the biggest problem: apparently this cracked version of 8.1 doesn't support showing that in the store. Because when I go to the store for 8.1, it shows this:
http://i.imgur.com/FfwnVAc.png
(English translation: This update is not available for your pc or you're using a version of Windows that does not allow updating via the Store.)
I'd be more than willing to actually buy a valid version of Windows 8.1 now. But how? There's not a place where I can simply enter a license key I buy, because it wants me to completely re-install Windows 8.1, which is not possible through the Store.
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