Windows 8 "Your license will expire soon" message

Axel PC

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• Dec 17, 2016

• #2

Hm, unless it's a pirated license for Windows 8 and through Updating Windows it found out, a genuine Windows license doesn't expire.
The particular operating system will stop getting Windows support after a number of years but the license doesn't expire.

 

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OldGuyGeek

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• Dec 17, 2016

• #3

Are you on an earlier version of Insider Preview? Preview releases eventually expire. What's the version and build number on your system?

edited: Sorry just realized you were on 8 and not 10. But if you are on a Windows 8 prerelease, it's pretty much the same story. If you never had an official license, the pre-release stuff eventually expires.

 

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Neemobeer

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• Dec 17, 2016

• #4

You can run the following from a command prompt to see the status of your license.

slmgr /dlv

 

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