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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by oldzetec
No, doesn't work.
There's no way of entering the new key into the Enterprise edition and what's more that link doesn't tell you how to do it.
The method used for Pro isn't available in Enterprise. And that is well-publicised information as I found very quickly when looking.

Well, to be precise there's no "legal" and/or "normal" way to do this at all. As I found by reading up on the chain of links which soon ran into a "we won't tell you how to do this because it's pirated" brick wall.

It can only be done (and I didn't) by initially using pirated volume licensing keys to activate a copy of Windows Pro (not Enterprise) illegally.
So you have to be seriously into breaking MS software, it's not a "loophole" available to the casual user as the article implies.

Anyway, it was a useful exercise as my totally legal install of W8 Enterprise 90-day trial has proved the target hardware is fine for a 64-bit install of W8 Pro - which I will buy for £24.99 during the offer period.
Did you request a trial key for enterprise?? Activate the 180 day trial then put in mce key after activation.

Should work
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