Questions tagged [windows-activation]
Windows cases. For activating other software products, use [software-activation].
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Windows 10 - clean install is activated
TL;DR: Clean Windows 10 install shows as activated and I have no idea why!
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I recently build a new PC and am intending on selling my old one as a full system. My intent was to do a clean ...
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What does OA3x mean in WMIC Command oa3xoriginalproductkey
I am asking out of curiosity to know. What does OA3x mean in WMIC PATH SOFTWARELICENSINGSERVICE GET OA3xOriginalproductkey?
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will Windows Server datacenter(or pro) 2019+ activate a server 2016 hyper-v vm
I have access to azure for education being that I both work for and attend a college that is enrolled in that program, so getting new versions of server are but a few clicks and some download time.
I ...
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How can I verify the authenticity and edition of a Windows Product Key?
I know that tools exist to check that a Windows Product Key works, but these programs are typically freeware and I am not convinced that they will not collect my keys. I am looking for an official way ...
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Windows 11 de-activated and refuses to activate again
I have Windows 11. It was activated, I bought the license on Microsoft Store and it was connected to my Windows user account. A couple of days ago I noticed "Activate Windows. Go to Settings to ...
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How can i find out which DLL files on Windows are used for offline validation of windows activation keys? [closed]
I am planning to build a tool that is similar to the Microsoft PID checker but with some new features. Microsoft PID checker can check the activation keys for a variety of Microsoft products such as ...
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Is it possible to sell a Windows 10/11 retail licence once it's no longer needed? What steps are required?
If I am going to pay US$199 for a Windows 10/11 Professional Retail licence, I'd like to know that it has some kind of resale value should I decide to switch to Linux or decommission the PC.
Is it ...
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Windows 10 digital activation on few devices
My problem is as follows...
I have a computer with three disks, on each disk is installed windows 10. I intend to upgrade the hardware by replacing the motherboard and processor. Each windows is ...
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What is the term (phrase) for the ability to move a disk from one PC to another [duplicate]
Context: two Dell desktop PCs of the same model are in two different physical locations. There is a similar question with a different context: the PCs are not the same model.
The goal is to configure ...
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Sysprep needing to validate Windows when selecting generalize
I've been trying to create a WIM of my modified Windows 11 install. To that end, I've been attempting to have Sysprep clean Win 11 using the "generalize" option. Yet, in Sysprep, every time ...
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Get the date that Windows 10 or 11 was RE-activated with a different license key
On a Windows 10 or 11 system that has been re-activated with a NEW and different license key some time long after the initial OS install...
How can I find out what date it was most recently RE-...
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what happened to my OEM key after windows 10 home upgrade from windows 7 home premium?
I upgrade from windows 7 home premium to windows 10 home, after the upgrade the product id changed and doesn't include OEM in the key anymore. even after running SLMGR /dlv in CMD
it brings the ...
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what outbound firewall rules do I need for a KMS Windows activation server?
I know that inbound the port 1688 is needed..but I'm wondering what port I need to open outbound?
...and I'm wondering what IP ranges I need to set
any help gratefully received
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What is the activation status of Windows 10 pre-installed on a PC that is never connected to the Internet?
A description of a particular PC model says that the computer has Windows 10 Pro on it. Does this imply that Windows is already activated? I am asking because I have read that Windows 10 requires ...
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Problems activating Windows 10 Pro on new digital licensed computers when using an imaged HDD containing same OS version
I'm having trouble with activating Windows 10 Pro on computers that come with an OEM digital license for Windows 10 Pro. Here's some background..
I have a company that performs video surveillance ...
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Microsoft Office (ofice 2021) MSFT Activation Key - using on future PC builds
If I purchased a developer intended Office 2021 key from a reseller (obviously not meant to be resold), and use it on one PC it works fine. If I rebuild the OS the activation system sees this rebuild ...
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How to do a Windows Server 2008 R2 activation without internet connection? [duplicate]
I need to reactivate a server but when I go to activate it, the only option is to go online and the server isn't on the internet.
Is there a way to run the activator to get right to the phone ...
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How have I activated my copy of Windows 10?
When I left my old job about four years ago, they let me keep my laptop, which was running Win7. A few months ago, this developed a boot problem so I completely wiped it and installed Win10 from ...
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Windows 7 doesn't accept product key after cancelling the installation of windows 10
I had a licensed version of windows 7( I don't remember which version though) and I was upgrading it to win 10. during the Installation there was an error saying "system registry contains ...
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Windows 10 activation error (0xC004F211)
I have Windows 10 installed in a virtual machine on VirtualBox.
Recently, I switched out the hard drive in that host system, for an SSD, and migrated the VM back onto that machine. I.e. all that has ...
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How do I automatically increase the Microsoft KMS Server counter above the threshold?
KMS server counter always drop beneath the "activation threshold" and it's very frustrating increasing it manually (above 25 for OS and 5 for Office activations).
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backup oem installation without install
Situation: Purchased HP prodesk from amazon, do not want windows on the machine at this time. Never started up windows 1st boot. A handful of times the system did not properly boot from usb and ...
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Windows 10 is Activated Using Organization's Activation Service Instead of Digital License
Windows 10 Pro came with my machine and it used to say "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account."
UPDATE: Correcting the above information. My PC was ...
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Windows 10 corrupt after repair
a few days ago, for no apparent reason, my Windows 10 machine, in the middle of work, started to stutter and eventually came to a stop with a blue-screen. After the BSOD reboot it refused to boot, it ...
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How can Windows 10 become de-activated
I bought a Windows 10 Home edition laptop with Windows and Microsoft Office 19 already installed and activated it. I setup a non-priviledged user account and gave the default account a strong password ...
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Windows Server 2003 - Can't Activate. Message number: 32777
I am building a test lab with version of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise in my Hyper-V environment. This Windows Server 2003 64 bit was downloaded from MSDN. This is needed to install a specific ...
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Windows activation after reinstalling? [duplicate]
Hey Guys I have a Lenovo laptop which came pre installed with a copy of windows 10 Home. For some reasons I need to install Linux in my system, so my doubt is will the windows will be activated if in ...
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Disabling telemetry in the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC evaluation
I'm having trouble installing the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC evaluation version. At the end of the installation, I am still taken through tons of dark patterns regarding consumer-level features, and ...
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Is an already using windows 10 pro licence transferable to another PC?
I have a laptop that had windows 10 home pre-installed when purchased.
I installed Ubuntu in it.
After that, I installed windows 10 pro in it.
Then bought windows 10 pro license and using that product ...
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Do I really need to re-activate my own Windows 8.1 installation in case of a transplant (aka salvaged) HDD?
My old laptop (HP Pavilion dv2) was getting too slow, too old and it failed occassionally. I was able to physically extract the HDD, so, I got a new but previously owned laptop, without a hard drive. ...
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Turn off Windows 10 "Activate Windows" fullscreen popup
My copy of Windows 10 is not activated, due to errors involving multiple Windows resets (from an already activated copy of Windows). As a result, every so often (every 2 hours or so) I get a big, blue ...
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Re-installing windows to a VM
Just got a new Lenovo Legion and want to wipe drive and install Linux as the primary OS, and then use my current Windows 10 as a VM on Linux.
Will I need to retrive the product key or I do not need to ...
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Laptop hard drive died. How do I activate Windows 10 on the new hard drive?
My laptop hard drive has died and I am replacing it with a new SSD. I am downloading a tool from Microsoft's website to install Windows 10 on the new drive, but how do I activate it? Windows 10 came ...
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I want to undo the auto-hide for the taskbar but my windows 10 pro is not activited
My Taskbar is in auto hide mode because I downloaded a application to auto hide it when I didn't know what that meant, once I pressed on auto hide and looked at it for some time I didn't want it and ...
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Can windows-activated laptop can be detected when it's on through ActiveDirectory or some other way?
I know it's a long shot, but since I'm not knowledgeable enough in this matter, I'd like to hear from experts.
I'd like to know when my brother's laptop is on. I don't have access to it and I don't ...
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Cannot activate windows, must upgrade windows 10 pro to windows 10 pro
My Windows 10 pro suddenly got deactivated.
Why?
When I go into settings and Activation Settings in windows 10 pro, I get a message reading
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Activation Windows is not activated
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I didn't provide a product key. Why is my Windows activated? [duplicate]
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I ordered this PC from a very reliable store. I told them what parts I want (CPU, GPU, chassis, etc.), and they assembled it. Since I did not request an OS, they made sure that ...
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Are Windows 10 editions (Home/Pro) key-based or installation-based?
I'd built a new PC and purchased a Windows 10 Home edition activation key. During the Windows 10 ISO file creation, I didn't see any options to create installation files for Home or Pro edition, just ...
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Unable to activate Windows 10 on a Dell PC
I have a computer that I need to reinstall from scratch - disk failed.
But it is a weird one... This is 5547 laptop that came originally with Windows 8.1 Pro (says so on the invoice, shipping ...
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Windows 10 activated without key [duplicate]
I bought a new PC last week (assembled myself, i.e. no prebuilt PC). I installed Linux Mint as the first OS, today I installed Windows 10 on a separate harddrive (which I used before in a Linux ...
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Can I re-activate existing Windows 10 OEM installation by the phone robot? (Moving old SSD to new PC) [duplicate]
I know that OEM licenses cannot be transfered to new Windows installations, but in this case I am moving existing Windows 10 installation with the SSD to a new setup.
My Microsoft-account is tied to ...
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Activate Windows 10 Home on VM with OEM Product Key
I have bought a laptop that came preinstalled with Windows 10. I installed a Linux distribution as dual boot and then installed VM Ware on Linux. Then to use Windows just for a few occasions and to ...
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Windows 10 Insider Activation Error
I recently upgraded to Windows Insider 20H1 and I am getting an error
where it shows that Windows will expire but in the Control Panel it shows that Windows is activated.
Please help me.
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Converting manually activated Windows 10 to a digital license?
Bought Windows 10 Pro retail. It is a serial key.
Activated it on a computer. About Windows said something like "activation is associated with a Microsoft account".
Formatted that computer. And ...
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How to remove Windows 10 digital licence [duplicate]
I want to activate Windows with a product key by doing a clean install.Is it possible to get rid of digital entitlement on a system
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Windows server 2008 R2 180 days activation in Virtualbox
I have a testing machine that needs Windows server 2008 R2 running in virtualbox.
My issue is that every time I try to activate windows I get the error "security error 0x80072F8F"
I set the clock ...
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Activation Windows 10 with 25 digit key [duplicate]
I have built a new PC and had to buy Windows from retailer store.
During the installation I entered the 25 digit key.
Created only local account.
Now I was curious about the installation process ...
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I have deleted my C:\Windows\System32\spp folder. Is there any way to restore it? [duplicate]
It seems a bit weird but as the title says, I accidentally deleted the folder permanently (C:\Windows\System32\spp). Is there any way to restore it, because these commands does not seem to check that ...
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Disable use of UEFI OEM Key
I am having a fun issue on some laptops with windows 10, when installing from my image everything works great, windows is activated with the license included, office and all other programs are ...
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Unable to reactivate windows on a new PC
I had earlier asked a question here on SU.SE. It was suggested to me that I should firstly deactivate windows on older PC and then try to activate windows on the new PC. I have deactivated windows on ...
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