I need to upgrade a system for a customer in a very remote area with limited/no access to the internet.
I was hoping to pre-load a hard drive with Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit on an identical system in my office, install all updates and then move the hard drive to his machine.
The problem is once the system in my office is connected to the internet Windows 8 will activate on that machine, so when I move the drive to the other system it will detect the fact it is not in the original and require activation again. This will be a bit difficult in the middle of nowhere!
Is there anyway around this? Any thoughts would be appreciated.