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Yes, so, to make the machines join a domain, is it only a matter of changing the Product Key given by the volume licensing channel, for example, and SL turns into Pro automagically, after the validation of the key and activation? So it is that simple? No need to clean OS install?

Situation is.... Company wants to buy closed boxes that come with Win 8.1 Single Language. Would it be easy to, later on, turn these on into Win 8.1 Pro to join a domain, since Single Languange boxes cannot join domains? Or would it require the complete OS clean install to do this? Or a...

Alright, then will I be able to change to the original OEM key afterwards? The folks suggesting the "OEM Recovery Install Disk" well, I dunno... That was not the solution I was looking for. I am looking for a solution GROUND ZERO really. Worst possible case. Total hard drive failure. So I am...

I'm not transfering the OS. In my case, I would be reinstalling on the same machine it came with. The machine came with Windows 8, and no OS disc was supplied.

Ok, so from my understanding... when it finds the OEM key laying on UEFI, it automagically bypasses all this... of course, when installing on the proper OEM machine... right?

I have a question.... When installing on a OEM machine (that came with no disk): I have the OEM key extracted and the machine came with Windows 8. Recently it upgraded from Windows Store and it's running 8.1. When I test the OEM key on a VBox machine with Windows Single Language ISO, the key...

Well I downloaded the ISO Single Language that I spoke of - the ESD that was converted to ISO by some guy who got from MSDN. I think there is no reason to believe this is no worse than getting directly from Microsoft Store and converting it yourself, right?

Is there any Portuguese-Brazil ESD ?

Any tutorial to download the old Windows 8 Single Language? I may have to install that to obtain from the store again...

Now I am wondering... What is the best solution to obtain a "Update 1" ISO Single Language for OEM... Would setup a virtual machine work? My notebook updated and I have no previous Windows 8 OEM Single Language setup files... What should I do now?

Hey guys... Can we expect a new ISO after this "August 12th Update" or is it best for us to move on with our lives with the current ISO form?

I'm still downloading and then I will test it. What I meant is that I prefer to do the ISO myself If I have the chance. Specially when I know it was that easy to do when upgrading. Anyway, will we have Update 2 enrolled into a new ISO release? Can we expect that by mid-august if all rumors...

Oh man, that hurts even more... I am a bit reluctant to use ISOs made from somebody on the net. If I could just trick Windows Store in downloading the SL again...

So from what I read, it is still not enough to grab the files through the Store. You would still have to convert it to wim, and possibly insert efi.cfg and boot.wim into the folder structure?

Yes, it was done by someone.According to the website where it has the download links: "ISO created via ESD Untouched converted to WIM using esd-decrypter-v3 (4th option) from abbodi1406 [MDL Forums]". I am going to download and test it on VirtualBox and use the OEM key and I will let you guys...

That means I will have new opportunity when Update 2 comes out... Another method would be to go back to Windows 8 and then update again to 8.1 through the store. But this last one would be too much work. I found some torrents over a known site.... This looks like it is from the MSDN? Would be...

Oh man... If I just knew that, I would have paid attention in grabbing that folder before reboot... Looking into what I can do here...

OK, apparently I have to download the "Single Language" ISO. I also have no info on what specific ISO it would be for PT-BR language. Does downloading from Store keep anything like a ISO itself ? I think it downloaded just that what I need, but then it installed and it deleted itself...:think...

Yes, it DID NOT accept. LOL I used a Win 8.1 Pro Key to download the ISO. It will only accept THAT key. It is not accepting the OEM key. What if I re-download with a Core/Generic key? Would it work?

Oh, ok... Just to confirm, the ISO downloaded indeed contains Update 1. I just checked it. Now I wonder the following: As I said, I have a OEM laptop that came with "Windows 8 Single Language". I updated from the Store to 8.1, but I think the whole process created a mess - there are too many...