When I then tried to enter a TechNet product key, I noticed that the Windows 8 Enterprise Activation Control Panel applet lacks the Change product key link.
Windows 8 Enterprise lacks change product key link ^ Anyway, both error messages are misleading and had the same cause: my Windows installations had no valid product key. I don’t know why both installations, which should be identical, throw different error messages. Windows couldn’t be activated – Error code 0x8007007B – The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. On a second Windows 8 Enterprise installation, the error message was different:
Windows couldn’t be activated – Error code 0x800732B – DNS name does not exist. When I then tried to activate Windows 8, I got this error message:
