Windows 8.1 expiring but won't accept product key?

[Curcelli]

Yes, Core is not supposed to be volume licensed - that's a loophole found by using an exploit.. also the KMS server IP address is that of your local machine (KMS servers run on a LAN) - this further points to an exploit.

You need a clean install from recovery - hopefully that too has not also been compromised. Then run that command again and let us know.

How come that is all there?

Also what is a clean install and how do I do it? Is it a restore of my laptop?

 

[Superfly]

Your laptop has been activated illegally... please see the tutorials to restore your laptop to factory settings...Brink knows a lot more than me about those things.

Don't forget to report this guy.

 

[Curcelli]

Blimey! I bought it from John Lewis a retail shop.

Gonna go there tomorrow. What should I say to let them know this needs sorting?

Thanks for helping me bud and everyone who has helped.

 

[Brink]

I'd just tell them everything in this thread, and that it has been illegally activated and you want a legal product key to activate with.

If they don't take care of you legally, then report them to Microsoft.

Protect Yourself from Piracy

 

[pparks1]

Agreed, complain where you bought it. It's shady.

Unfortunately, my suspicions about KMS were spot on.

 

[SIW2]

I don't think many know what John Lewis is.

Strange. Did you check your key in the firmware to see what it is?

Run rweverything to get it:Download | RWEverything

Click ACPI, then MSDM , key is at the bottom.

You can check what kind of key by entering it in Ultimate pid checker.The Ultimate PID Checker

 

[hawkman]

john Lewis

This company is about englands 4th biggest retailer.
Owned by its 1000's of employees no way its a conterfiet install,
Man if you did buy it from them phone their audit departmart,
You will get a new one they'll want the old one and start an internal inquirey

Roy

 

[Hopachi]

Wow, what a story, wouldn't have expected this from an official retailer.

At some point, something went bad with the licensing. :shock:

Hope it gets fixed.
Good luck.

 

[hawkman]

time zone

Interesting that the OP time zone is not in England,
would have thought that part of the validation woud be a geographical check??.

Roy

 

[Curcelli]

Am I gonna need to restore my whole laptop to fix this? Then when it is restored I put the product key in? Or is there an easier way?

 

[hawkman]

your choice

Evening to you from england at 7.30PM
you could do, but i suspect you'll get the same error, justy take it back to your retailer in england, to get a new one.
You wont need to put a product key in the factory reset will pick it up automatically
PS john lewis offer a 2 year guarentee on all laptops
Roy