how to check windows CD key without installing. i bought a original copy of windows 8 from ebay, while i dont have any reason to think its not genuine i want to check the CD key to make sure its genuine and not a fake or msdn subscriber version that dies a few weeks after install
thanks for the reply, but not long ago i bought windows 7 legit boxed and genuine cd, hologram, key, and a genuine version that installed and activated without issue and passed all the checks etc, but after around a month after installing an update it died and was reported as being an illegal copy. after further investigation it turned out to be a msdn subscriber version that was legal until the subs expired
after some searching online i found these https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28056067/how-to-check-if-the-key-belong-to-MSDN.html https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-to-tell/11f0b702-1787-4151-9c52-bc24dfe15544 hopefully it might save somebody else some money and avoid scams
