Windows 8 Upgrade Help

[Reignfire]

Here's my problem. I bought the Windows 8 Pro upgrade before the price went up and installed it on a clean hard drive (64 bit). During installation I entered the activation key that came with the disk and everything installed correctly. Now I'm trying to activate Windows using my Windows XP Home 32-bit cd key but when I try it tells me that it didn't activate. Am I doing something wrong? Thank you.

[MANEMAN]

Am I doing something wrong?

Yes.

Find, and follow the correct activation process for Windows 8 and Windows XP

Which ever operating system will not activate is where you have gone wrong.

Here is a Guide: Why Cant I Activate Windows ?

If you still cannot activate, Microsoft suggest you phone their support. There is a link on the page.

[Reignfire]

The reason I didn't install and activate XP first is because it's just the 32 bit version and I want to use the 64 bit version of 8. My XP key isn't being used on any other PC. I read that this is the only way to go from 32 bit to 64 bit (clean install). Is there another procedure without going through the hassle of talking to a service rep?

[MANEMAN]

Is there another procedure without going through the hassle of talking to a service rep?

Yes.

You can use the "Search" facility on Microsoft Community.

Here is your question answered for you: > Upgrading to Windows 8 64 bit from XP 32 bit - http://answers.micro...6e-664b3fea6908