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How to Activate Windows 8/8 .1 After System Installed

Updated: By Melissa Eggleston

After the Windows 8/8.1 system is installed successfully, you will need to activate Windows. How to activate Windows? Please find below steps for how to activate Windows 8/8.1.

Steps for how to activate Windows 8/8.1:

Step 1: Click Start icon at the left-lower corner on your PC screen.

start icon

Step 2: Click PC settings icon.

settings icon

Step 3: Click Go to pc settings.

to pc settings

Step 4: Click Enter key.

enter key

Step 5: Enter a product key in the text box.

key box

Attention: If you already have a valid product key, you can go through step 4 and step 5. If you don't have a valid product key, how to find Windows 8/8.1 product key? You can click Buy key instead of Enter key on step 4 to go to Microsoft store to buy a product key.

When your product key is typed in correctly, Windows will be activated. How to find out if Windows 8/8.1 is activated or not? Please see steps below:

Step 1: Click Start icon at the left-lower of your PC screen.

Step 2: Click PC settings icon.

Step 3: Click PC and device.

Step 4: Click PC info.

Step 5: Check if Windows is activated or not.

windows activated

Another way to check if Windows is activated or not:

Step 1: Press shortcut key Win+R on your keyboard to open Run dialog box.

run

Step 2: Type in "slmgr.vbs -xpr" and click OK. (Attention that there is a space before "-xpr") If your Windows has been activated, a pop-up info will tell the Windows activation expire date.

slmgr

If you want to find the way for how to install Windows 8/8.1, you can click Easy Way to Install Windows 8/8.1, this article will tell you what to prepare before installing Windows 8.1, how to create a bootable Windows installation USB drive, how to create and resize new drive partition, and so on.

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