Windows 8 "Your license will expire soon" message

[imso3k]

Hello, suddenly on startup I started to get a message that I need to renew my license and in the activasion options it says that it will expire on January 7th. Its the first time I ever get this one. How do I fix it?

Thank you.

 

[Axel PC]

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.

 

[OldGuyGeek]

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.

 

[Neemobeer]

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

slmgr /dlv