I am an email pack rat. I save everything that could possibly be needed sometime, or even if I think it might be needed sometime in the future.
Wouldn't the Windows 8 activation key be in that category? I guess it would be, but I couldn't find it in my email in the folder where I was so sure it would be. Not saved in my Documents; just nowhere.
When Microsoft first released the final version of Windows 8, I bought it online, downloaded it and saved the file to a DVD. I labeled it carefully and put it away. Now wouldn't it make sense to print the email containing the key? But guess who didn't do that!
Why I didn't I have no idea. I wanted to reset Windows 8 back to it's original pristine condition (I had made a LOT of tweaks) just to see what the preview of Windows 8.1 would look like. So I did the reset. When it came time to input the Activation key, it was nowhere to be found.
But all was not lost. I setup a new profile on my Windows 7 laptop, setup Outlook with a .pst saved from my now defunct Windows 7 Desktop, and there it was, the email with my much needed Window 8 activation key. It is now printed and stored with the DVD, copied into a Word doc, backed up to a flash drive and saved in two profiles.
I may not need it again now, but I probably will.
You can't imagine how dumb this all made me feel!
What made me feel even dumber was this: The Easy Way To Back Up Email
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