Thanks. Now I remember I fell into this trap before (but at age 69 who can remember anything)

Thanks it worked!!!

Peter

>Ah ha! Enterprise is designed to activate to a corporate server rather than a Microsoft server. I did find this http://www.thewindowsclub.com/activate-windows-8-enterprise-edition. I don't know if it will work.
>
>>Whatever I downloaded from MSDN subscription
>>just looked, it's windows 8 enterprise
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