Windows 8 Enterprise first look

Hi, I'm trying to install Windows 8 Enteprise from the DVD I received from Microsoft about a month ago. Looks good, setup is hyper easy.

Now I need to activate it and booms! I do not have Volume activation in my network. Actually there is a update that fixes that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2757817, but it is not available in our company.

This article explains how to deal with this situation:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2012/08/24/tip-of-the-day-microsoft-windows-8-enterprise-activation-itpro-windows8.aspx

Let me try first  with mak, since this is a test lab install....and it works! Windows 8 is activated with mak.


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