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I was just trying to avoid a lot of typing, had a lot of trouble figuring out how to fix the windows 8.1 activation issue and i came across this post when i was doing my research, i figured out how to do it maybe an hour ago still had this post open so i figured i'd link my answer because it didn't look like you guys fully resolved the issue. I didn't mean to ruffle any feathers
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I apparently wasn't allowed to share a link so i will just tell you how to do it: Go to the link mentioned in Kelsenellenelvian's post to get the appropriate generic key and add it to your answer file under amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Setup_neutral > UserData > ProductKey then install windows and download get_win8key.exe (you can google it) Once installed you can use the get_win8key.exe to find your OEM product key. If you are installing on a computer that originally came with windows 10 and want to install windows 8.1 then you will need to install "ALL" the windows updates and then use the windows 10 OEM key to activate it (you can get the windows 10 OEM key with get_win8key.exe) you could also script the process with first logon scripts using this script: @echo off setlocal enableextensions for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ( 'get_win8key.exe' ) do ( set myvar=%%a ) slmgr.vbs //B -ipk %myvar% slmgr //B -ato