
The first reminder you'll get will probably be an Action Center tooltip in the Desktop Mode: Microsoft will try to encourage you to activate your copy of Windows 8.

It is true that the installer requires you to enter a valid Windows 8 key before you can continue with installation.I installed a clean Windows 8 Pro copy (a copy that I own and with a key that wasn't used anywhere yet) on a computer without Internet access.


With all the uncertainty and doubts, I decided to conduct an experiment.
