I bought Windows 8 about 16 months ago & I'm really happy with all the new apps and running smooth after upgraded to Windows 8.1. Within 16 months, I believe this is the 3rd time I had to format it because suddenly the key needs to be reactivated again after it run just fine back then. the 1st & 2nd time it occurred I didn't checked what kind of error but this time it showed up error code: 0xc004f012 when I tried to activate it.
I think this is the best solution I can get :
Windows 8 upgrade to Windows 8.1 - Error code: 0xC004F012 - Microsoft Community
My conclusion after spending some time about this particular problem, the key can't be activated after the windows has been upgraded to Windows 8.1 because the key is meant for Windows 8, not Windows 8.1. Since Windows doesn't have feature to downgrade to Windows 8, I need to reformat it and start all over again.
One of the feature in Windows 8 is refreshing the PC but it seems this feature also had some problems to use with upgraded Windows.
I admit that I'm careless back then-didn't make a restore point, but I still don't know why suddenly Windows 8.1 can't recognize the key after few months running smooth without problems. Is it any related to software like hotspot shield? Any suggestion/ideas would be great. Thanks
I think this is the best solution I can get :
Windows 8 upgrade to Windows 8.1 - Error code: 0xC004F012 - Microsoft Community
My conclusion after spending some time about this particular problem, the key can't be activated after the windows has been upgraded to Windows 8.1 because the key is meant for Windows 8, not Windows 8.1. Since Windows doesn't have feature to downgrade to Windows 8, I need to reformat it and start all over again.
One of the feature in Windows 8 is refreshing the PC but it seems this feature also had some problems to use with upgraded Windows.
I admit that I'm careless back then-didn't make a restore point, but I still don't know why suddenly Windows 8.1 can't recognize the key after few months running smooth without problems. Is it any related to software like hotspot shield? Any suggestion/ideas would be great. Thanks
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 PRO