activation

After i re-fresh my PC i updated some updates and bought windows 8 pro build 9200, now the windows 8.1 update is hidden in store and also trying to activate windows but it does not work it takes forever.. also when now installing updates it always fail.

I would like to reinstall my OEM version of 64-bit Win 7 Home Premium on new hardware (new PC). I'm having intermittent problems with my MB and want to take this opportunity to replace the machine. I was wondering if I would be able to do a phone activation of the OEM Windows. I know that OEM...

Hello When the free upgrade is available, for people who are not techy like me, could you correct some misconceptions I have. I think I will click on the installation file to begin, I don't know if I will need a product key, I hope to choose 'custom' for a clean install and not upgrade, I do not...

So, the title pretty much tells it all. I've had a new PC with Windows 8.1 Preinstalled (Its from a legitimate source). Today i went to go and change my background and i was met with a message telling me to activate windows to access the feature. It confused me. I then went to Activate it from...

I have my product code for windows 10. I want to wait till it is more stable and games support it. Will the code expire? Because I have it written down. And I hear after a year it stops? So do I have to get it for it to activate? Or can I just keep the code and Install it at a later date.

Hi, my friend let me use a old windows disk so I could try out windows 7. After using it for a few months with it being unactivated it gave me the black screen and told me my trial was over. I went out and ordered windows 7 and planned on just putting in the activation key and being ready to go...

I have applied to join the MRR program and have passed the test and am awaiting approval. I was reading in the MRR manual that MS prefers that a refurbished PC is set up with sysprep so that the end user has to accept the license agreements and activate before using Windows. However, the...

Hi, folks! I hope to get some clarification for my issue about reinstalling a copy of Windows 7. I am about to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on a flash drive and I wonder if I can simply reuse my current product key. I am aware similar questions have been posed lots of times but hear me...

I want to reinstall Win 8 so that the many trials I've installed and various other 'experiments' I've tried can be removed (completely!). I want to reinstall Win 8 onto a new SSD drive and add a second hard drive that wasn't part of the original hardware. All other hardware would be the same...

Hello! I have problem with my laptop, originally it has Windows 8, then i upgrade to 8.1. And about 7 month later the trouble begin. Windows tell me that i need to activate the windows, but i can't. Windows giving error 0xC004F012. Then i call the microsoft customer service. Then she took over...

Alright, so one day i was being dumb, and decided it would be a good idea to follow one of those YouTube videos that lets you upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8 pro for free. I entered their given code, Windows told me it was acceptable so i went through with it. Later, it's constantly telling...

Running Windows 7 on Laptop at McD's., which I have done many times when I am out of state. Keep getting "Windows Activation your conmputer might be running a counterfeit copy of Windows 7" also down in the right hand corner of my screen it says "Win7 Build 7600, This copy of wibndows is not...

Hello and welcome, Today my beloved Win 8.1 gave me a surprising license deactivation, meaning the license just suddenly became void despite working properly for some few months. I suspect two reasons: - I changed GPU the day before (but it's not like the problem occurred right after changing...

I just got a new motherboard/processor. I did a clean install of windows 7 and I can't activate. I tried the phone activation and that didn't work. I had to call them and after about 2 hours she said its not working because I'm not connected to the internet. Is there anyway I can install the...

I bought a Windows 7 Professional key (retail) for my laptop last year. This year I am building my first custom configured computer with a small budget, and I don't really want to spend $40-100 over my budget for a new license. I heard it is possible to reuse a Windows 7 Professional key on a...

have a dual boot dell vostro 1500 8.1/old 7 lap, upgraded from vista to 8 to 8.1. has always been flaky on 8. numerous fails/crashes for various reasons. i no longer use w7 partition as i moved 7 key to another pc and am reluctant to do a fresh install of 7 (painful update process). can i...

Greetings, I had been running Windows 7 on an eMachine system for a few years. I bought a new Dell system with Windows 7. I used a backup program that allowed me to move everything from the eMachine to the new Dell system without having to re-install everything. I have been running for several...

So yeah, I re-installed windows after getting my new hard drive and it tells me i need to enter a W7 professional key when I only have a home premium. How can i resolve this? Thanks!

Hey all, I'm thinking about getting Windows 8, and saw the Pro Student version was a lot cheaper than the regular version. However, it looks to me like you perhaps need a verified copy of windows to use it and it's only an upgrade. Is this true, or can you buy Windows 8 Pro Student without...