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Does anybody have any idea how long you can run windows 8 PRO (not the Enterprise version) before activation required if you aren't connected to the Internet.
You have to enter the product key at install time -- OK but if you are not connected to the Internet it obviously cant't activate.
Does it give you say 3 or 30 days grace before activating - or does it keep throwing up Please Activate Windows "Nag Screens".
If it throws up Nag screens this could be a real bummer as you might well want to load up W8 - see if it works on your hardware - and THEN activate. If you can't do even a little bit of testing first then IMO that's a hugely regressive step.
Windows 8 Enterprise uses a different activation method -- normally with VL products it will connect to a KMS server so I don't have issues there - and these things are Multi Activation- but PRO is a RETAIL product so it will activate differently.
Anybody who's loaded up W8 Pro tried this yet or do you all activate automatically.
Cheers
jimbo
Does anybody have any idea how long you can run windows 8 PRO (not the Enterprise version) before activation required if you aren't connected to the Internet.
You have to enter the product key at install time -- OK but if you are not connected to the Internet it obviously cant't activate.
Does it give you say 3 or 30 days grace before activating - or does it keep throwing up Please Activate Windows "Nag Screens".
If it throws up Nag screens this could be a real bummer as you might well want to load up W8 - see if it works on your hardware - and THEN activate. If you can't do even a little bit of testing first then IMO that's a hugely regressive step.
Windows 8 Enterprise uses a different activation method -- normally with VL products it will connect to a KMS server so I don't have issues there - and these things are Multi Activation- but PRO is a RETAIL product so it will activate differently.
Anybody who's loaded up W8 Pro tried this yet or do you all activate automatically.
Cheers
jimbo
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