"Windows 8.1 Pro" users help meeeeee

[Sharif]

Before reading I am doing this becasue I can't use my original product key on this version and I need your help

I did something really stupid yesterday,in an attempt install  to windows media center and now I have windows 8.1 media center edition  

 

Now I have 2 choice

Reinstall (Huge process,I rather illegally reactivate,which I am not doing)

 

Or this http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/16077-media-center-remove-go-back-windows-8-pro.html

 

I am directly going to jump to windows 8.1 pro rather than window 8 (That is an old article<2012>) 

But that image that I am supposed to refer is for windows 8,

So I need somebody"using w8.1 pro" to give me a screenshot of their registry containing that part and blur out Ids or anything 

 

Located here 

 

 

3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion. It should look somewhat like this:

 

 

 

 

I need to look at those parts squared in red,to make sure something and that's all.

 

 

 

 I got myself to calm down by listening to some music and this is the last time I will do something illegal related to windows.

[shirokado]

If you want to use your windows 8 pro key on a windows 8.1 pro installation disk, you just need a KMS key "GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9" to get through the installation(this does not activate windows, it just lets you go through the install process) and then you can activate it with your windows 8 pro key.

[Sharif]

I looked around and got it => 

 

 

 

Thanks OP. I signed up to this forum because this post helped me a lot. Since it's now 2014 and most people are on Win 8.1, I thought I'd share my problem and resolution. 

Basically, I had Win 8 Pro upgrade key, updated to Win 8.1 (free from Windows Store), I then applied the free Win 8 Media Center key (from 2013) which invalidated my Win 8.1 Pro key. I was going to follow this guide to restore Windows using my Win 8 Pro install disk. However, since I already upgraded to Win 8.1, the installer did not give me the option to keep my settings, files and apps (as per step 9 of this guide). To overcome this, I had to:

1. Download Windows 8.1 Pro install files by following this guide. Note that step 2 of that guide is particularly important to allow 8.1 ISO to be downloaded using a Win 8 key.

2. After creating my new Win 8.1 Pro install disk, I followed the guide in this post. 
Make sure that in Step 3, the ProductName is set "Windows 8.1 Pro". For step 8, use the generic Win 8.1 Pro key: XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB (or see this guide for other Win 8.1 versions).

3. It then gave me the option to keep settings, files and apps. Continue install as per this guide. 

4. Once Win 8.1 Pro has been reinstalled, you can then activate your Windows 8.1 Pro with your Windows 8 key (again see this guide for info). 

After doing the above, I was able to get back my Windows 8.1 Pro activated and without Media Center. My apps and settings were all there as well. Again, thanks to Original Poster for this handy guide.

 

Source,bottom page  

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/16077-media-center-remove-go-back-windows-8-pro-9.html

[GoodBytes]

I am confused. You have 'Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center'. Media Center is an add-on to Windows 8/8.1 Pro and only Pro.

You still have all the feature of Windows 8.1 Pro. It just adds Media Center, the needed codec packs to operate it, including DVD codec to play DVD movie through it (will still not play DVDs in Media Player. Media Center only)

[Sharif]

I am confused. You have 'Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center'. Media Center is an add-on to Windows 8/8.1 Pro and only Pro.

You still have all the feature of Windows 8.1 Pro. It just adds Media Center, the needed codec packs to operate it, including DVD codec to play DVD movie through it (will still not play DVDs in Media Player. Media Center only)

It changed my ID (The genuine one) and after some updates when adding the random ID in that Add features section,it installed updates and now I can't go back 

 

Plus my original ID won't work with that version of windows,so i had to Downgrade to W8.1Pro from W8.1 Pro WMC edition.