Recently refreshed my laptop and after I did I kept getting an error that my Wind 8 Pro wasn't activated. I've tried a lot of different things and still can't get it to activate. Tried calling MS support, but they literally read from a prompt and didn't provide much help. The last person I talked to pretended like she activated it and got off the line with me, instead of just saying she didn't know what else to do.

I have my key and it is a valid key, but it just won't activate. I've tried using the slmgr command in command prompt and it all worked up until the /ato string. slui command doesn't work and the phone activation is region locked. Honestly have no clue what else I can do and any help would be greatly appreciated. If you need more info I can post it. I have the MS Diagnostic tool info and pulled the cscript from the command prompt.

Open an Elevated Command Prompt, and at the prompt, type:

SFC   /SCANNOW  and hit Enter Key.

This will scan the system files and replace 'dodgy' ones. Reboot, and try activating again.

I've already tried that and it gave no errors.

Hi Ace,

In your case, we suggest you get help by using phone activation and it is only way to know information about your key.

kindly follow the instructions as mentioned in the link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950929

Regards

D. Wu