As a Technet Plus Subscriber, I was impatiently waiting for August 15th to get my hands on Windows 8 RTM. At about 1:00pm EST, it became available and I started my downloads (Pro & Enterprise in x86 & x64). It was a bit of a challenge because the site kept giving me error messages probably because it was overloaded by people like me who wanted to get their hands on the latest release. Anyway, after a few tries, I’ve got my first download started which was the Windows 8 RTM Enterprise x64 version.
Getting the key was a challenge as well. But around mid-afternoon I was finally able to get it. Then I started the installation on my test Laptop. The installation went well and it was very fast. It discovered all my hardware even though I had trouble finding some drivers when I installed Win 7 on it. For example, I had to install the Vista video card drivers on Windows 7 because they didn’t exist for Windows 7. But Windows 8 detected my video card, installed a Windows 8 driver for it and it’s working like a charm (no pun intended)!
The only problem I had was the Activation. I kept getting the same message over and over: “Windows can't activate right now. Error Code: 0x8007232B”
At first, I thought the site was overloaded like it was for the downloads and the keys. However, after a while I noticed that it wasn’t asking me for my license key and that it was trying to activate with a key that was already built-in. If you’re trying to activate your Windows 8 RTM Enterprise and you’re stuck like me, here are the solutions I found:
Option 1:
From the Charm bar, type SLUI 3. It will start the Windows Activation Center and prompt you to change your key. Once it’s done, you should be able to activate your copy of Windows.
Option 2:
From an elevated Command Prompt (CMD running as Administrator), run:
slmgr.vbs -ipk "YOUR_PRODUCT_KEY"
I used the Option 2 and I was finally able to do the activation. I’ve been using it since then and I really like it so far.
Good luck!
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