No activation is fine and ok for me, until I wanted to change my Start screen’s background. (by the way, if you are confused between Windows 8 editions, be sure to get to know all the Windows 8 editions before purchasing your upgrade) Unfortunately, my TechNet subscription doesn’t offer Windows 8 Pro edition, so I grabbed the enterprise edition. Usually enterprise editions are meant for volume installation and activation in corporation and large organizations. I suppose this might be the fact that I was installing Windows 8 Enterprise edition rather than the regular Windows 8.
I installed the Windows 8 Enterprise Edition, and apparently the install wizard never asked me for the activation key. While I was downloading and installing Windows 8, one thing I found that was missing, at least to me, was the activation dialogue. That’s long enough to cover until the official Windows 8 release.
Even if you are not, you can still go ahead and download the official 90-day trial version of Windows 8. Windows 8, the official version that will be launching this October 26th, is now available for download if you are a TechNet or MSDN subscriber.
