Switch from VOLUME_KMSCLIENT to RETAIL channel

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Published on 2013-10-17T20:19:15Z Indexed on 2013/10/17 22:01 UTC
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On my laptop I had Windows 8 Pro KMS activated, then I intalled WMC, which changed it to RETAIL channel, so I don't need KMS

I repeated this on my desktop, which was VOLUME_KMSCLIENT and I thought it would convert it to RETAIL, but now it's just Windows 8 Pro WMC KMS.

slmgr -dli partial p.key doesn't match that one I entered

I can't update to 8.1 (through win store) when I have VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel. How do I change it?

edit:

wmc key that I used is blocked

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