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So recently my hard drive broke and I had no backup of Windows 8.1 (Which really sucked) so I went into a PC repair store and they said they can replace my old hard drive with a new hard drive but I would have to buy windows 8 from them which was like 95 quid. 

 

I asked them if it was a legitimate version of Windows 8. 

 

They lied to me saying "Yes we have an actual version of windows 8", so I accepted them to fix it and so on.

 

Here is how I found out my Windows 8 is fake.

I logged onto my PC and saw everything was working. Once my computer logs on every time it will launch something called "KMS"

I later then researched that up and turns out to be it is used for verifying illegal version of windows 8. I was shocked that the fact that he has lied to me.

 

I am not sure what problems will occur in future because of my fake windows 8.

 

What shall I do? 

[Intel Core i5 4460 3.4Ghz OC, MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Tiger ED 2X Armor 2GB OC, 8GB 1866Mhz HyperX Fury, Windows 10 64 bit]

 

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Now that's not true. A KMS is a Key Management Server. I, hower, doubt that it is activated in that way on your local network (since KMS is most often used in a corporate enviroment). 

 

There shouldn't be any issues, but most common issues are; 

 

1. Software not working.

2. Updates not applied. 

3. No desktop background

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Hm. 

I guess so and yes windows 8 would not update for me :/ other than that everything works fine.

 

Also there is a log file of KMS which I found on my system which shows a bunch of things. There is also this KMSpico which shows when Windows 8 will be deactivated within 45 days but then i searched up and appears to be when rebooting KMS will keep activating windows 8 every 24 hours. But eh, it is what it is.

 

I should however buy a legitimate windows 8 i guess. 

[Intel Core i5 4460 3.4Ghz OC, MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Tiger ED 2X Armor 2GB OC, 8GB 1866Mhz HyperX Fury, Windows 10 64 bit]

 

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Or ask him to install a genuine version or you could call trading standards

I could but I know he would deny that he gave me an invalid version of windows 8 and probably kick me out of the shops for nothing. Lol.

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Take it to another shop and ask them what's wrong with it and if they can verify if it's a genuine version or not mate

It's a complete fake version of windows and I really don't want to spend it on another windows 8, besides I saved up a lot of money now and thinking if I should get a better gaming PC :P

[Intel Core i5 4460 3.4Ghz OC, MSI Nvidia GTX 970 Tiger ED 2X Armor 2GB OC, 8GB 1866Mhz HyperX Fury, Windows 10 64 bit]

 

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So recently my hard drive broke and I had no backup of Windows 8.1 (Which really sucked) so I went into a PC repair store and they said they can replace my old hard drive with a new hard drive but I would have to buy windows 8 from them which was like 95 quid. 

 

I asked them if it was a legitimate version of Windows 8. 

 

They lied to me saying "Yes we have an actual version of windows 8", so I accepted them to fix it and so on.

 

Here is how I found out my Windows 8 is fake.

I logged onto my PC and saw everything was working. Once my computer logs on every time it will launch something called "KMS"

I later then researched that up and turns out to be it is used for verifying illegal version of windows 8. I was shocked that the fact that he has lied to me.

 

I am not sure what problems will occur in future because of my fake windows 8.

 

What shall I do? 

 

I would go here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/piracy/reporting/default.aspx

 

 

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