Windows can't activate right now

I upgraded one of my laptops last weekend to Windows 8 RTM and I have been running into a problem with activating it.  Here are the errors that I was running into:

Windows can’t activate right now

If you go the Control Panel and try to activate this way you will receive another error:

DNS request not supported by name server

I did a little searching and came up with some good solutions.  I am not sure why I am getting this error but I have no problem fixing it with such a slick solution that I found here.  It is unfortunate that the activation wizard doesn’t allow you to change your key but at least this solution works.  The following are the steps required to get your Windows 8 RTM version activated:

• Type Windows+R to bring up the Run dialog.
• Type “Slui 3″ and hit enter.
• Enter your new key. (If valid you get: “Your product key works!”)
• Click the Activate button.

This should get your version of Windows 8 working and remove the water-mark from the lower right of your monitor.

Hope this helps….

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