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
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
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
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