Solved Stolen laptop has been recovered and formatted.

[caperjack]

i just don't see it written in any of the OP's post that he used or got to use his computers win8 key to install it ,unless i missed it ' no biggie

 

[alphanumeric]

i just don't see it written in any of the OP's post that he used or got to use his computers win8 key to install it ,unless i missed it ' no biggie

That's why I asked if the embedded key was used by 8.1 during the install, and what he meant by"upgrade key"? He said its activated, but like Theog said "for how long?".