I have given up trying to activate Windows 8 at the moment.  Back in October, I bought 3 licences direct from Microsoft. I printed out the email with the licence and when used wrote down on that paper which computer that licence was on.  I used 2 licences.  Now I want to use the last one which I KNOW with 100 percent certainty that I havent used.  However the message says it is already in use.  I know thats not possible.  So twice I ring the activation line and go through the long process of typing the 9 series of numbers in only to be told already in use. Then I can go to a real person. Twice it is some foreigner I have no hope in eternity understanding so end the call jsut cant understand a word they say.  Is there a shortcut so you dont have to keep putting in  the 9 series of numbers and just go to a person and hope you get one who speaks english enough to understand.  Its been so frustrating