The official version of Windows 8 will be officially launched in a week. With the upcoming listing of Windows 8, major media and Microsoft have increased their efforts to promote Windows 8. At present, the Internet is also crazy to download Windows8 system from MSDN and other channels, but all need to be activated, and not the official version, many friends want to take the lead, and today come to a more complete Windows8 system problem. Let me talk about the activation and version of Windows8.
First explain the Windows 8 RTM version. RTM: Fully called Release To Manufacture, is a version that is heavily compressed for OEM factories.
The OEM factories here generally refer to Sony SONY, Lenovo Lenovo, Dell Dell and other PC retailers, and get the RTM software provided by Microsoft. After the copy, these manufacturers will add some drivers and software according to the needs of their hardware. For example, Lenovo will add its features one-click recovery software, face recognition software, and fingerprint recognition.
This kind of packaging will improve the experience of ordinary customers, and you can use the machine, but in terms of small editors, this will reduce the performance of the computer, so the computer after the purchase should be reinstalled. System, then add drivers, etc., or remove some of the OEM software that can be found to be scrapped (this directly breeds third-party software such as QQ Butler, 360 Security Guard.)
All copies will be based on RTM version , including update packages such as SP1 SP2 released later. The general copy will provide a 30-day trial period, and the enterprise version will provide a 90-day trial period, which does not require activation during the lifetime. It is an authorized trial, so it can also be called genuine. After the trial period ends, if it is not activated or passed. Third-party tools that are activated to continue using the system are called pirated.
There are also original and modified versions (generally also called pure version) corresponding to the concept of genuine and pirated. The original version is the RTM copy, and is also the system on the channel media such as MSDN, BizSpark, Microsoft retail CD. The revised version, as the name implies, is a modification on the basis of the original version. The more famous one is the modified version of Rainforest Woodwind. The OEM version is also a modified version because of the addition of third-party software and drivers. Generally, the original version downloaded through the network channel is recommended to use the MD5 software for verification, so that the comparison of the file fingerprint can determine whether the software has been modified, thereby avoiding the third party modifying the original version, embedding the Trojan, and the like.
Activation, all copies can be activated by Microsoft's key. It should be noted that the activation is not necessarily permanent, and the activation key can only activate one computer,
Microsoft on your computer There is a service installed. This service will be connected to the server periodically. If the host confirms that your computer's license key activation record has changed, you will be prompted that your system is pirated, and some of the accounting is pirated and more than a certain number of changes. Will cause the key to fail.
Simply, that is:
1, your key can only be used on one computer (enterprise volume authorization may be 100 or other numbers),
2, the key allows you to change up to three times (some of the more authorized times) hardware. (Activate via network and telephone system)
3. If the current activation is overwritten by the next one, it will become pirated.
The God Key has been circulated on the Internet recently. Everyone is going to activate it, and it is still hard to make a phone call to the Microsoft phone system in the UK. This wave is the same as when Windows 7 first came out. Everyone is struggling to make a call, and the activation that is tossed in the way of RMB is immediately overwritten by the next activated person, and so on until the key expires. If you still don't understand, please contact us!