If you installed Windows 8 RTM Professional, you were prompted for a license key before it would even get started with the installation, but if you installed Windows 8 RTM Enterprise Edition, it didn’t even prompt for a license key during the installation process.

Going to “Windows Activation” in control panel, shows “Error Code 0x8007232B DNS name does not exist.” in the Activation details section:

I couldn’t find a place to enter a license key so they’re probably assuming you have a Key Management Service (KMS) server running on your network since this is “Enterprise” edition. To work around this, open a command prompt as an admin. This is done by right clicking in an empty area on the metro interface screen and then selecting “All apps”:

Right click on “Command Prompt” and then click “Run as administrator”:

Run the following command, replacing the X’s with a valid Multiple Activation Key (MAK):

slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

You’ll receive a popup stating the product key was successfully installed:

Refresh the Activation page and it will now show activated (with Internet access):

Update 8/18/12 5:30pm CST

If you work in the technology sector and you’re not on Twitter, you should be. After posting this blog and tweeting that it was posted, Jan Egil Ring (@JanEgilRing) replied to my tweet stating that “slui 3” was another option so I decided to test it out:

On Windows 8 Enterprise Edition (RTM), from a “Command Prompt” that was run as an admin, the following command prompts for a license key using a GUI interface:

slui 3

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