I bought a full copy of Windows 8 Pro (not an upgrade edition) and tried to install it in VirtualBox. I have not installed it otherwise, either on the host system or in another VM -- just the one virtual machine.
The install asked for my key, and worked fine. I got the desktop. And a notification that Windows 8 isn't activated.
I tried entering the same key, and got an error 0xc004f061, claiming the key is an upgrade.
If this is an upgrade key, then I have been cheated. There were two boxes on the shelf -- one marked "upgrade" for $140 and one not so marked for $200. I bought the $200 box, hoping to avoid precisely this situation.
Here is the MGADiag output:
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0019.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine (WGA unsupported OS)
Validation Code: 6
Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004f012
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-HVXM6-6G79G-D3R9V
Windows Product Key Hash: Sw9Xygq5H6Zz8lqNtEbdKWJu6/4=
Windows Product ID: 00178-10534-48077-AB081
Windows Product ID Type: 0
Windows License Type: Unknown
Windows OS version: 6.2.9200.2.00010100.0.0.048
ID: {E5136DF9-5DD1-4EB9-A217-9DEEBEBCB97D}(1)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Product Name: Windows 8 Pro
Architecture: 0x00000009
Build lab: 9200.win8_rtm.120725-1247
TTS Error:
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A
WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 111 Unsupported OS
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics:
Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed
File Scan Data-->
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\licdll.dll[hr = 0x80070002]
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\oembios.bin[hr = 0x80070002]
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\oembios.dat[hr = 0x80070002]
File Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\oembios.sig[hr = 0x80070002]
Other data-->
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Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002
Licensing Data-->
N/A, hr = 0x80070424
Windows Activation Technologies-->
N/A
HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current: MgAAAAEAAwABAAEAAQABAAAAAgABAAEAJJTG3Lyt5rckZv7bbtt26BACdvkGJfi2FKY=
OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
Windows marker version: N/A
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: N/A
BIOS Information:
ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value
FACP VBOX VBOXFACP
APIC VBOX VBOXAPIC
SSDT VBOX VBOXCPUT
Should I just ignore this notification? Is there something I can do to fix it?