I'm not sure if any of these keys will work. You could try to this generic key: 46V6N-VCBYR-KT9KT-6Y4YF-QGJYH (Windows 8) ( Source) After the installation you should be able to activate within Windows using your own Windows key.
You could try to install Windows using a generic key? Generic keys doesn't let you activate Windows, they just let you install it. Using the buid in 'wmic' command: 'wmic bios get serialnumber' Tip: You can use the command 'wmic csproduct get name' to retrieve the local computer model. Please use one the method bellow to retrieve the computer serial number: 1. I saw somewhere where you can edit the ISO of win 8, so that it does not ask for the key, but than after it installsĬompletely, it will than accept the embedded win 8 key.not sure if this is true.haven't tried it yet. The following article will help you to find the computer serial number. Not sure what to do to get win 8 installed.
To upgrade to win 10 when available from Microsoft. I want win 7 pro ( which is the current OS )and now win 8 again to make up dual OS,( it's the win 8 that I want I've been wanting to have a dual boot system now ( software reasons, and I don't want to run a vitual machine etc ). Sadly, I am one of those that deleted my recovery partition ( or rather, forgot to back it up when I made the win 8īackup of my C drive) when downgrading from win 8 to win 7 pro. That I had retrieved, windows/Microsoft wouldn't allow install.stating not valid key.
I actually used several programs, and they all came back with the same serial #.īut, when I used the win 8 ISO ( the proper core win 8, with proper hash etc), and when I entered the serial key I figured it out, see my post here to get links to the Retail Win 8 ISOs and a rundown of the Windows 8 OEM activation scheme. I don't know if ASUS stores that information but it may be worth the time to send an e-Mail what have you got to lose they can only say one of three things, we dont have that information, we wont give it to you or yes here you go.
I don't know what your model is but do you have a set of rescue and recovery disks if so you could restore from those or depending on how they are built the serial number for windows is included in a file on one of the cd's and can be extracted with windows deployment tools.įailing that the only thing I can think of is that you photograph the bottom of the laptop where the serial number and model number are and send an e-Mail to ASUS asking them in the nicest kiss up tone you can manage if they will give you the serial number associated with your Laptop if it is at all possible.
Anyone have any answers as how to handle this? I got m hands on a windows 8 AIO iso but it is asking for me to manually input the serial. I accidentally botched my Win 8 install before i could run magic jellybean keyfinder. OpenGL 3.As the title says, How do i get my windows 8 OEM serial for a reinstall.GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_INTEL_performance_queries GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_depth24 GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_byte_coordinates GL_OES_point_sprite GL_OES_point_size_array GL_OES_blend_subtract GL_OES_blend_func_separate GL_OES_blend_equation_separate GL_OES_single_precision GL_OES_matrix_get GL_OES_read_format GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_fixed_point GL_OES_draw_texture GL_OES_vertex_array_object GL_OES_texture_cube_map GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap GL_OES_stencil_wrap GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_OES_texture_env_crossbar GL_EXT_sRGB GL_APPLE_texture_max_level GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_OES_required_internalformat GL_OES_surfaceless_context GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_debug_marker