{"id":10497,"date":"2025-06-16T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/docs\/guides\/how-to-download-and-activate-windows-8-1\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:48:06","slug":"how-to-download-and-activate-windows-8-1","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/docs\/guides\/how-to-download-and-activate-windows-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to download and activate Windows 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank you for purchasing from Keycense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you can find the guide that will help you during the installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Carefully <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a cracked version installed on your PC, you will need to format and reinstall the operating system from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After your purchase, you will find the download link in the &#8220;<strong>My Orders<\/strong>&#8221; section.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloading and installing Windows 8.1 Professional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download the Windows 8.1 Professional ISO file from your personal account on Keycense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create an installation medium by choosing from:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Burning to DVD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creating a bootable USB stick using this tools: <a href=\"https:\/\/kdrive.infomaniak.com\/app\/share\/883160\/33eb9de1-cdb9-45b8-b3f7-732e447c108e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Windows 7 USB DVD Tool<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insert the media into your PC and restart the system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Configure the BIOS or UEFI to boot from the installation device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When prompted, enter the product key provided by Keycense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the installation is complete, Windows 8.1 Professional will be ready to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activating Windows 8.1 Professional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During installation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter the Product Key purchased from Keycense when prompted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click \u201cNext\u201d and complete the installation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activation will occur automatically upon completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If Windows 8.1 Professional is already installed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press <strong>Windows + X<\/strong> and select \u201cSystem\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to the \u201cWindows Activation\u201d section and click on \u201cChange Product Key\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the code provided by Keycense and click on \u201cNext\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the activation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check the activation status by returning to the \u201cSystem\u201d section in the Control Panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need additional information, you can contact us using the form on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/contact-us\">contact page<\/a> or email us at <a href=\"mailto:support@keycense.com\">support@keycense.com<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for purchasing from Keycense. Below you can find the guide that will help you during the installation. Read Carefully &nbsp; If you have a cracked version installed on your PC, you will need to format and reinstall the operating system from scratch. After your purchase, you will find the download link in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":10204,"menu_order":24,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"doc_badge":[],"class_list":["post-10497","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0403949e6a24ad8884d0bcd522c43b2000ac7716d89794a08c6bee8e5452363a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_name":"Laura Gruttadauria","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10500,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10497\/revisions\/10500"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=10497"},{"taxonomy":"doc_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keycense.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_badge?post=10497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}