installing Windows 8.1 without a product key

Azdebuzz

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Hello all,

There is a well documented method to legally install Windows 8.1 when you do not have the product key.

It implies using an "ei.cfg " file (saved as an " All files " format and not as a txt file) that contains the following words :

[Edition ID]
Professional
[channel]
Retail
[VL]
0

And you insert that file in the " sources " folder of your Windows installation iso image folders.

It seems to work for a lot of people.

I used to be able to insert that ei.cfg file in the sources folder as indicated above.
But I'm incapable of inserting that file today for an unknown reason.

I get a message saying there is not enough space in the iso image.

Please see the screenshot below as an attachment to this thread
Screenshot (3784).png


Which is untrue. I have more than enough space.
Unless the iso image shrunk and has become " rigid" somehow....

Has anyone encountered that problem before ?

Many thanks for your time
 
I have never heard of a legal way to install Windows when you don't have a product key. The product key proves that your copy is legal.

With the OEM version of Windows, the product key is embedded in the computer, so you don't have to manually enter it. But it is still there.

The only exception to this that I have ever heard of is if you have Windows 7, and you want to install XP Mode. When you do this, Microsoft gives you a free copy of XP for XP mode - you don't have to purchase an XP license.
 
Hello all,

There is a well documented method to legally install Windows 8.1 when you do not have the product key.

It implies using an "ei.cfg " file (saved as an " All files " format and not as a txt file) that contains the following words :

[Edition ID]
Professional
[channel]
Retail
[VL]
0

And you insert that file in the " sources " folder of your Windows installation iso image folders.

It seems to work for a lot of people.

I used to be able to insert that ei.cfg file in the sources folder as indicated above.
But I'm incapable of inserting that file today for an unknown reason.

I get a message saying there is not enough space in the iso image.

Please see the screenshot below as an attachment to this threadView attachment 70541

Which is untrue. I have more than enough space.
Unless the iso image shrunk and has become " rigid" somehow....

Has anyone encountered that problem
well i found for me that making it a usb instead of file or dvd allowed me to add the file so... yeah :P
 
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