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Once downloaded install the update and windows should activate automatically

A way to cleanly install and activate windows 8.1 on these computers.

KB3044374 is the windows update that allows windows 8.1 to activate with a windows 10 OEM key. I wanted to know I just needed to know how to get the installer to see the license in the bios This isn't a question about if I am in entitled this license or not, I already confirmed with Dell and Microsoft support that I am. This is not a question about licensing I am trying to figure how to get the windows 8.1 installer to recognize the OEM key in the bios.

To automate to process using windows deployment tools.

A way to cleanly install and activate windows 8.1 on these computers.

The instructions in these articles don't work the installation will always ask for a key and when you call Dell to ask how to do it they tell you to follow the instructions in these articles.

According to these 2 articles from both Dell and Microsoft this is possible: (I recommend making a backup of the entire /boot/efi directory tree that way you can restore it if you make a mistake.We are switching our environment from windows 7 to windows 8.1 and I have a bunch of Dell computers I need to roll out with windows 10 pro keys in the bios that I have to install windows 8.1 pro on. efi files from the /boot/efi/EFI directory tree in Linux and/or by using the dont_scan_files and dont_scan_dirs options in /boot/efi/EFI/refind/nf. The trick is then to clean up the unwanted boot entries, which you can do by deleting. If you can boot both Linux and Windows, install the rEFInd Debian package in Linux.Īt this point, rEFInd should come up as your primary boot loader.Some of these options will bring you to your non-functional grub> prompt, though. With any luck, at least one Windows option and at least one Linux option will work.

(You'll probably see multiple options for each OS.) With any luck, you'll see the rEFInd menu with options for Windows and Linux.

Boot from the rEFInd medium you've created.

Create a CD-R or USB flash drive of rEFInd.

Download the CD-R or USB flash drive version of my rEFInd boot manager.

Unfortunately, the details of how to do this vary from one computer to another. If Boot Repair didn't do anything helpful, try the following: