Copy and paste the product key, click Next and wait for the upgrade to download and install.
Click Add features to Windows 8 followed by I already have a product key.
Click Search from the Charms menu (Win+C or point to the top or bottom right of the screen), enter “add features” in the search box then click Settings just below it.
The key can take two or three days to arrive.
Scroll down the page to the form, enter your email and the captcha then hit “Send my product key”.
You have until Januto claim up to five licenses so it’s worth grabbing a key even if you haven’t upgraded yet: Ouch.įortunately, Microsoft is spreading a little pre-holiday cheer by giving away the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free. If you need those codecs, they’re available in the Windows 8 Pro Pack - for $69.99. I presume this was one of the reasons Microsoft could discount the OS upgrade price. The Windows Media player itself may not be essential, but you’re missing many of the licensed codecs required for movie playback - such as Dolby. It has several benefits including Hyper-V virtualization, virtual hard disk booting, file system encryption, and so on. If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 8, you probably have the Pro edition.