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Msmith841
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hi all!

 

I bought a product key for windows 8.1 pro x64 last year, created installation media, installed onto a SSD, performed lots of updates and even signed up for windows 10.

 

My SSD then began to show signs of failure so i cloned the drive using Reflect.

 

Now windows keeps asking me to activate my copy of windows so i spoke to an MS help desk person. they said that my product must be counterfeited, when asked why i was allowed to create the media, install windows, update windows several times and sign up for 10 they seemed very reluctant to answer.

 

My question is this; does it seem like that a counterfeit product key would last this long and allow me to do all these things?

 

Any advice/help would be massively appreciated! i would likely to avoid the £190 price tag of a new product key from microsoft, also i'm a uk dweller if anyone has any suggested places to buy a new key cheaply! 

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I would speak to another person at MS it sounds like that person just doesn't want to help you.

Did you keep your receipt for your copy of windows?

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OK, so further to another chat with someone from Ms again, it seems I have been managing to use an illegal copy of windows since November last year. For some reason this has all coincided with a hdd clone and a change of motherboard. Has anyone ever heard of this before?

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With an OEM key the key is tied to the mobo it is activated with. Thats all I can think of.

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OK, so further to another chat with someone from Ms again, it seems I have been managing to use an illegal copy of windows since November last year. For some reason this has all coincided with a hdd clone and a change of motherboard. Has anyone ever heard of this before?

theres a way to get a new key long as you have the old one..and its not been used a bunch of times

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I have the key, only been used on this pc as far as I know, just need to change to the new mobo

not sure I should really tell you how to do it tho..since its basically pirating

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If you do decide to buy another one there is a thread here that links to a live link for windows 8.1 pro.

Don't get to excited by the heading as the price fluctuates every couple of hours currently at about $55

 

I have used it and may others with success. 

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If you do decide to buy another one there is a thread here that links to a live link for windows 8.1 pro.

Don't get to excited by the heading as the price fluctuates every couple of hours currently at about $55

 

I have used it and may others with success. 

I too got 2 8.1 pro codes on G2A for 20 bucks each. 

The price fluctuates, though.

 

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Thanks for all the input. The guy I bought it from has deleted his account. I've raised it with eBay. We'll see what happens there. Got another code from eBay, worked perfectly. I still don't understand why my counterfeit code worked for so long. It must've been an oem code and it came up as invalid at ms as I was trying to use it with another board. Still all sorted now. Possibly time for some over clocking fun!

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id call again, if they start giving you shit ask for their supervisor.

 

NEvermind seen you unintentionally were running a pirated copy. 

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Probably was a MSDN key, not for resell and only valid for 6 months to a year. Which could explain why you were able to reactivate it before but cannot anymore.
Keys found on G2A and elsewhere are probably like that too.

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