After installing Windows 8 you may be wanting to customize it a bit. Unlike previous versions of Windows where you had a grace period for activation and had access to all features, Windows 8 limits certain things until activation has been completed. Of course you will still need to activate within the grace period but I think they are trying to get you to do it sooner rather than later.
Another difference was during installation, normally you need to put in a product key at some point but this never happened with me, perhaps its just the version I was installing?
After going into System Settings I realized you have no visual way of doing this so in order to enter or change your Windows 8 activation key you will need to do the following.
- Move your mouse to the very bottom left of your screen and “Right Click”
- Click on the “Command Prompt (Admin)” option
- Type in the following command: slui 3
- A new window will open where you can enter your product key for Windows 8, enter your key here and wait for a response.
If you followed these steps correctly you should now have a fully activated version of Windows that you can customize.
Michael is a Technology & Digital Consultant to the Real Estate, Property, Travel and Tourism industies with over 13 Years of leading Technical teams & Programme Management. He has worked with agencies in multiple countries and cities from the UK, New York, Russia, France, Dubai to Australia and South Africa. In his spare time he is a commercial drone pilot that dabbles with Photography & Videography.
