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    Windows 10 ISO after Jul 29th

    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
  2. Windows 10 Reinstalled windows 10... will not activate!

    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...
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    Windows 7 Suddenly My Windows 7 Is Designated as Not Genuine

    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...
  4. Remove the WindowsActivationUpdate and Active Windows Scam (Removal Guide)

    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...
  5. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14371 for PC

    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...
  6. Error 0x8007232b or 0x8007007B occurs when you try to activate Windows

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  7. How Does The Serials Thing Work?

    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...
  8. Windows 7 Activation Win 7 Option Vanished

    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...
  9. Windows 10 Why can't I activate Windows 10

    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...
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    Windows 10 product key not working?

    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...
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    Windows 10 Upgrading to Windows 10 Later?

    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...
  12. Windows 10 Cannot activate windows 10 home

    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...
  13. Windows 10 Windows 10 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...
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    Windows XP Windows not activated

    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...
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    Windows 8 Problems with Windows 8.1 activation

    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...
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    Windows 10 Activate windows 10 after HDD change

    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...
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    Windows Vista Double windows vista installation

    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...
  18. Windows 10 Windows 10 on a mac

    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.
  19. Windows 7 activate windows

    asking windows activation after activated a month
  20. Windows 10 Windows 10 new activation methods

    I must confess that I had not noticed this before. I am sure others are aware of it, particularly MSDN account holders. I was browsing through the settings, and noticed , in "Updates - Activation, this reference to digital methods. So, I was curious as to the actual definition. So I got...