Solved Self-inflicted Windows 8 activation problem.

keverne

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I upgraded four Win 7 machines to Windows 8 Pro recently. I then installed the Media Centre Pack on them but in doing so I stupidly managed to use one of the product keys twice. Now the PC with the incorrect key is reporting that Windows can't be activated.

I tried running SLUI.EXE 3 and typing in the key but after being told that the key worked activation failed with error code 0xC004C4AA and unable to find a detailed error description.

Can anyone advise me how can I activate that machine with the correct product key please?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2700K
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK P8H61-M LE/USB3
    Memory
    16.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
    Sound Card
    Onboard Realtek HD Audio TBS 6280
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SMB2430H
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003
    Mouse
    Logitech Touchpad T650
    Internet Speed
    ~ 20 Mbps
I upgraded four Win 7 machines to Windows 8 Pro recently. I then installed the Media Centre Pack on them but in doing so I stupidly managed to use one of the product keys twice. Now the PC with the incorrect key is reporting that Windows can't be activated.

I tried running SLUI.EXE 3 and typing in the key but after being told that the key worked activation failed with error code 0xC004C4AA and unable to find a detailed error description.

Can anyone advise me how can I activate that machine with the correct product key please?

Hi there
did you change the product key correctly. It's easy to make a mistake.

What I would also do is uninstall the media pack - re-activate windows and try again.

If all else fails totally try activating by phone -- Ms are quite reasonable --just explain EXACTLY what you did and they should be able to activate Windows for you.

Note -- this is why one should ALWAYS take backups BEFORE installing any software. Imaging the OS should not take more than 20 mins these days.

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
I've already tried to uninstall the media pack but all I could find in the list was Windows Media Encoder 9 Series which did not remove the Media Centre Pack.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2700K
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK P8H61-M LE/USB3
    Memory
    16.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
    Sound Card
    Onboard Realtek HD Audio TBS 6280
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SMB2430H
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003
    Mouse
    Logitech Touchpad T650
    Internet Speed
    ~ 20 Mbps

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2700K
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK P8H61-M LE/USB3
    Memory
    16.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
    Sound Card
    Onboard Realtek HD Audio TBS 6280
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SMB2430H
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003
    Mouse
    Logitech Touchpad T650
    Internet Speed
    ~ 20 Mbps
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