Simple, except I’m pretty sure my VirtualBox VM isn’t going to read the key from my BIOS through a thin layer of virtualized hardware (although I could be wrong on that). So, after digging about on the net and finding a whole load of “if you run Windows just do this” type solutions, I started digging around in my BIOS using a few Linux tools (dmidecode and acpidump).Īlthough dmidecode gives a nice decoded view of most of the data, it didn’t seem to pick out the information I was looking for (still, interesting stuff). When you installed Windows 8 it checks for a Digital Product Key (DPK) and uses it.
Well, the answer came quickly… it’s in the BIOS. Where the F was that little code I needed to get Windows 8 pro running in my VirtualBox lab.
No sticker, nothing in the documentation, nothing on the box. After receiving the new Lenovo and booting into Windows 8 pro for the first time, I did what any sane person would… formatted the thing and installed a usable operating system.Īfter the usual tinkering period and getting everything setup just right, I turned my mind to setting up the various lab VMs I wanted, and quickly realized that my new Lenovo with Windows 8 pro had no license code. Recently I’ve started moving over my lab systems from my old faithful Mac Book Pro to a new Lenovo system.
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