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I googled it, installed 8.1 and i have activated with my key. Thanks for the tip. I find it stupid anyway....i mean, if i can clean install windows 8 with some default key and then activate with my upgrade key, why didn't they just make one key that works everywhere and at anytime (pre/post...

...and what's that key?

So there's no way to make clean windows 8.1 install with my upgrade key, like i did with windows 8. I had windows 7, but i didn't upgrade to 8, instead i made a clean install thanks to some tutorial on this forum.

How can i install this? I have windows 8 pro x64 and i downloaded the 8.1 rtm iso, but when i try to install, it asks me for my key, but my key doesn't work, probably cause it's an upgrade key. So, is there a way to install this or should i wait till it's available in windows update?

I also hate the metro crap, but it doesn't bother me at all. I don't even use it. There are plenty of shortcuts to access anything that is on the metro crap. It's faster and you don't need to see the metro interface. I've customized it to bypass the metro on boot and even if i couldn't, it...

Once windows 9 is released, people will be like " What a crappy OS, i will stick with my windows 8"......

Thanks for the help Brink, you made it clear for me :D

So basically the reset does a clean install on the partition where Windows 8 is installed. And since it asks you for a cd key, how is the reset different from just booting from the usb drive and do a clean install?

I did a UEFI usb installation with my first Windows 8 install and i wanted to know what happens if i choose to use the reset option? After the install will i have back the 4 partitions? And do i need the windows 8 installation disc (in my case a usb flash drive) to complete the reset?

The first thing you do after getting a new mobo is to throw away that cd with drivers and software. This goes for every hardware. Always download the new updated drivers directly from Asus <--- this in your case. What i do is create a folder on my back up hdd with all the drivers for my...

I had similar problem. I solved it by using the Upgrade Assistant or whatever it's called. It created automatically a windows 8 image on my usb stick and it happened to be UEFI as well. My uefi bios recognized it without a problem and i didn't do anything, i just pointed which usb flash drive to...

Thanks for the tips :) EDIT: Pin to 8 it's fantastic, you can pin anything, that's great :D

Thanks for the help, but it seems now that all problems are gone. I don't know what happened, maybe cause i updated all possible drivers with the latest. Now everything runs perfectly and i'm not regretting the 29 bucks anymore. I was about the buy Start8, cause of the start button, but i...

Sorry, i was just pissed at the moment. I didn't say it sucks, but it almost made me install Windows 7 again. Anyway, after some tweaking with my router, wifi adapter, drivers and some cursing , i managed to get back my full bandwidth. Don't ask me what exactly did i do, cause i can't tell. The...

I also have the same problem since i installed windows 8 yesterday. Windows Explorer is freezing every time i access my hard disks. Sometimes it takes 10 seconds to open a folder. This is ridiculous, i'm starting to think i wasted 30 euro for nothing. Plus anothe huge problem - my internet...

Finally i have an activated copy of windows 8 pro :p The iso that i had, which was from a torrent, didn't asked me for the serial and i wasn't even able to make a uefi usb flash drive. I downloaded the setup from the email confirmation when i purchased the cd key upgrade and i made a bootable...

I bought an upgrade cd key, cause the system builder was too expensive. The problem now is, that i can't activate my windows. I don't know what type of iso i have, but during installation it didn't ask me to type the cd key. So i installed it and i went to manually insert the key and i got the...

No, actually i'm creating a windows 8 Pro flash drive, just doing this on Windows 7....so i guess i have to do step 11...

I'm making now an usb flash drive with Windows 8 Pro for UEFI looking at the tutorial and since i currently have windows 7 x64 and i'm creating a Windows 8 UEFI usb, i need to skip step 11, right? So basically i only have to type the command prompt commands and extract the iso to my usb flash...

What's the difference between a normal bootable usb with windows 8 and a bootable usb with windows 8 for UEFI? Is the only difference that the UEFI one is listed in the UEFI boot menu? Maybe i'm not understanding well the purpose of the bootable usb for UEFI.