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    Microsoft Windows 8.1 RTM ENG Leaks

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by WhatsThePoint, Aug 29, 2013.

  1. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    First it was the Win8.1 Enterprise RTM build 9600 X64 zh-CN to leak.

    Now it's MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X86.ENGLISH.DVD and MICROSOFT.WINDOWS.8.1.RTM.X64.ENGLISH.DVD

    Head over to My Digital Life Forums for News-Discussions-Windows-8-1-RTM-Build-6-3-9600-16384
     
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    Windows 8.1 Keys for installation only:

    Core=334NH-RXG76-64THK-C7CKG-D3VPT
    Professional=XHQ8N-C3MCJ-RQXB6-WCHYG-C9WKB

    To activate after installation completes use your legal paid for Windows 8.0 key.

    EDIT:Windows 8.1 RTM Enterprise is now available also.
     
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    How about if I just want update my Windows 8 laptop?
     
    Big_Vulture, Aug 29, 2013
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    Does this mean that adding ei.cfg makes no difference anymore?

    Works great for me in Virtualbox.

    Now if I only could hide that silly START BUTTON...
     
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    On an OA3.0 laptop I couldn't get any ei.cfg config to work, it would always ask for a key though I could skip it. Oddly I used a tool to read the key from firmware and I punched that in the activation page and it worked.

    My hypothesis is the way Windows 8.1 gets that key changed, and part of the PC makers' tasks may be to tweak their firmwares to respect this new method.
     
    S.SubZero, Aug 30, 2013
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