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Hi, I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Home. I don't know what happened today, my windows is not activated... The problem is, that it's a desktop PC and is used by each family member. I see Office and it look like my brother has tried to illegally "activate" Office instead of using my...

We are trying to set up a server to act as an imaging server. We need DHCP enabled, which it is but it does not seem to be issuing any IP addresses. Could Windows activation be preventing DHCP services?

I have a burned Win10 ISO that was installed. After July 29 will I be able to do another clean install with the ISO and have it activated?? Thanks

Okay so today I was having some major issues with windows 10, apps were taking forever to load and i did a defrag and after some more issues i decided to reinstall windows. But for some reason i keep on getting a error 0xC004C003. So windows 10 as of now is unactivated, I had a valid key and I...

I have a Lenovo T430 laptop that came with MS 7 64. The only thing I changed out was the hard drive to an SSD and the single channel 4 gig RAM to 8 gig dual channel. Both were done over a year ago and I had no issues with these upgrades at all. Now I don't use my laptop for anything else than...

A big thanks to John Carrona Sr and Corrine Chorney for sharing this: ''This guide is for the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam program from the Rogue.Tech-Support-Scam family. When this infection is installed it will pretend to install an update on the computer that prompts you...

Hey Windows Insiders! Time to show our PCs some love. We think you’ll really like this update. Today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14371 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Here’s what’s new in Build 14371 Activation Improvements: We’ve received feedback from Windows...

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I've never understood how the Serials thing works. And I've had all kinds of hassles with it over the years with different O/S's and upgrades and second hand machines and broken machine needing repair and reinstalls and whatever... Is there a clear outline of it somewhere? Say I have a...

ACTIVATION OPTION UNFOUND WIN7 HOME BASIC.. OBTAINED ACTIVATION KEY LOOKED IN COMPUTER PROPS NO OPTION TO ACTIVATE. THIS IS A CD I BOUGHT I USED IT FOR A MONTH ALL THE TIME NAGGING ME TO ACTIVATE. WHEN I GOT A KEY THE OPTION DISSAPEARED!!! THE CD WAS A WINDOWS CD.I INSTALLED WINDOWS THEN...

Can't activate W10?? Give this a look. You might find a solution here!;):) Move this thread if needed. I find some very good suggestions in this link and wanted to share with Window Forum members and I'm bored!:D Why can't I activate Windows 10 Why can't I activate Windows 10? - Windows Help PS...

hi I've just purchased a second hand laptop which has a sticker under the battery for windows 7 professional. the laptop actually came with windows 8 installed but not activated. when trying to upgrade it to windows 10 I get the message " the product key didn't work ". any ideas on why this...

Specific Question. If I have a fully activated version of Windows 7 and want to upgrade to windows 10 further down the track can I still activate windows 10 after the cut off date? What I mean is, I have downloaded Windows 10 and placed it on a CD for installation later on. I understand...

I used to have windows 7 Home Premium and I decided to upgrade, I installed windows 10 home and it all went fine, I activated my windows used it for a month or so with no problems but since last week its not activated and i get the error saying "YOU ARE USING WINDOWS 10 HOME, THE PRODCUT KEY...

I was wondering if I could use my serial key to go back to Windows 8.1? I upgraded legitimately from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and now I will be installing a new hard drive and starting from scratch because my hard drive is bad. However, I do not like Windows 10 for a ton of reasons and wish to...

A fixed graphic on my Desktop says,"This copy of Windows is not activated." Windows XP is no longer covered by Microsoft. Everything pertaining to XP receives no help from Microsoft. How is it possible then, to activate my Dell computer again? I had to format and reinstall my copy of XP Pro...

Hi there, I've got myself into a bit of a pickle with 8.1 on my old Dell Latitude D530 laptop. First I'd been using Windows 7 for a long time and, like everyone else I received the offer of the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did. Then I deleted the Windows.old folders unfortunately Windows...

Hi guys So, I have a laptop that came with windows 8, I upgraded to windows 10 for free when it came and everything went okay. Now I want to upgrade my laptop HDD to a SSD, but I was wondering how will this affect my windows license key. I read some articles but the more I read more confusing...

Hello, Last week I installed windows vista on my laptop, after restarting the pc, the pc shows windows vista 2 times. So the pc is saying, you installed windows vista 2 times, but i don't know how? One of the windows vista's is normally working, the other not. This is because its not...

I put Windows 10 on a mac and decided I did not want it on there anymore. Can I use the ISO on another Windows computer? Worried about the hidden Activation code.