Dual Installation Activation Woes

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  1. MajorTom
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    Windows 8.1
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       New #11

    Interim Hypothesis


    After MUCHO messing around and the implementation of many methods,
    I've come to the conclusion that the only way your going to get anything FREE is if
    you do an actual upgrade & not an installation on a different partition or drive.
    I think that's how the folks at MS have this all rigged up.
    Any info to the contrary would be most appreciated.
    Thanks for the replies & the insight.
    Last edited by MajorTom; 02 Aug 2015 at 01:27.
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