Windows 8 FREE - MS just screwed up hurry

Plus everyone gets 4 keys from ACMs and 4 keys from IEEEs for about $40 each. Really no need to pirate. it's just too much hassle to pirate one key for $10. Not worth it for just a couple of coffees.

Quote from conkid420 : From what I understand you could download the 180 day trial from MS website and use there temp code then use the new one to have full activation. No real piracy involved in that. Worth a try if that is indeed how it works..

Nope. The 180 day "trial" people are talking about are KMS activations.

KMS activations are meant for large businesses and use a KMS server to activate their Windows. The 180 days is the length of the KMS activation until it needs to be re-upped.

You can not-so-legally emulate a KMS server to activate windows for 180 days at a time, which is what is happening here.

Unless you work for a large company that has a legitimate KMS server, this is piracy.

Windows 8 does not have a trial period.

Quote from wolverine88 : Plus everyone gets 4 keys from ACMs and 4 keys from IEEEs for about $40 each. Really no need to pirate. it's just too much hassle to pirate one key for $10. Not worth it for just a couple of coffees.

eh? you're dropping $40 to break license agreements. we're saving that $40 to do the same.

Quote from EvilCamaroSS : Even if it was free, it is a bad deal. I wanna buy a legit copy and frame it on my wall, with the title "The OS that Finally killed Microsoft"

I love statements like that. Have you actually used W8? It's quite amazing. I know, I know... CHANGE OMG WTF... I can't handle CHANGE!!!

you do understand that they can blacklist keys anytime they want right?.

Quote from EvilCamaroSS : Even if it was free, it is a bad deal. I wanna buy a legit copy and frame it on my wall, with the title "The OS that Finally killed Microsoft"

you must be chromebook or apple user.

Quote from dodtracker : I love statements like that. Have you actually used W8? It's quite amazing. I know, I know... CHANGE OMG WTF... I can't handle CHANGE!!!

Yea, I've used Windows 8, for an IT Professional it just wastes time. It might be fine for you, the guy who only uses slickdeals and facebook.

Quote from froogler : you must be chromebook or apple user.

How dare you insult me in that fashion.

Quote from mnlv : come on. it is only $15 to upgrade. Why pirate it?

Quote from dodtracker : exactly... it's only $15 to upgrade... why go through all that...

It's not $15 anymore AFAIK. That exploit is gone.

Quote from froogler : you do understand that they can blacklist keys anytime they want right?. .

If you actually read the article, the exploit is in the Media Center upgrade key. When you purchase that, it becomes your windows key, and is permanently seen as legitimate. I don't see any way for them to blacklist that or to trace which users originally used the KMS one.

Windows 8 is just "okay". Could have been brilliant - but it didn't quite make it there.

Thanks for the info, i just got one.

Quote from EvilCamaroSS : Yea, I've used Windows 8, for an IT Professional it just wastes time. It might be fine for you, the guy who only uses slickdeals and facebook.

It's no secret that Windows 8 is designed for regular consumers, not enterprise or advanced users. But surely there is a middleground between IT professionals and "only slickdeals and facebook".

The biggest knock against 8 is there's no reason to upgrade from 7. I don't think that many people would truly hate it, but there just isn't too compelling of a reason to upgrade.

Shouldn't MS pay us to use win8 ?

Quote from EvilCamaroSS : Yea, I've used Windows 8, for an IT Professional it just wastes time. It might be fine for you, the guy who only uses slickdeals and facebook.

expected response...

We've all seen the video of the systems admin trying to figure out Windows 8 and get pissed and say he hates it. You claiming to be an IT pro and then saying it wastes time is asinine. There are crazy amounts of benefits in W8 from faster multitasking (if you know what you are doing) to the better utlization of multi-core processors.

done...

Quote from andriykoua : http://gizmodo.com/5962442/micros...vation-key Get your free copy here windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/feature-packs

hurry now or else your matress is FREEEEEEEEEEE

This is old news and if you use the free wmc key with a legit serial it always overwrite it with the wmc serial. Can google for mdl forums there is a thread started since oct. 28 about this.