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Hi everyone, It has been amazing to see the impact that Windows Insiders have made since we launched the program last year. Your feedback has helped us fix bugs and make changes which resulted in a better product because of your input. Thank you to all of the Windows Insiders who have been with...

I have Windows 10 as my main operating system. What I am not sure of is would I be able to run Win 10 in the Windows Insider on a VM without it having any affect on my main system. I mean if down the road I decided to leave the insider would my main operating system which I upgraded from...

Hi, I have an original windows 8.1 retail license. After installing windows 10 (a new install, not an upgrade) using windows 10 download tool. During the installation I tried to enter the original windows 8.1 key but received an invalid key message. I pressed on "skip" and tried to enter the...

I've been running W10 ( alongside W8.1 Pro ) ever since the first technical preview and now have an activated W10 Pro ( insider preview ). Is this the final version or do I still need to upgrade from W8.1 ?

Recently the process of Windows 10 activation and what happens in terms of activation keys has been a little vague. We now understand that Microsoft has changed the activation process significantly so much so that the need for actual keys has almost been done away with. If one now installs...

I downloaded windows 10 upgrade from windows 7 on 8/2 and I still cannot activate after several calls to the answer desk/ My product code has been verified by them as good and I have been told to wait 24 to 48 hours several times. Still not able to activate. How much longer do I have to wait?

Yesterday I have upgraded my Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 10 using Get Windows 10 App. After a while I found out that it can't activate it, it says error code: 0xC004C003 I've no idea why I can't activate my Windows 10. So I went back to Windows 7, and I want to install Windows 10 again as soon as I...

A strange thing happened, when I installed W10 with "MediaCreationToolx64 "a few days ago it did not ask for a key (the 6 figure Pin), & this time wants one & my bought DVD W8 key is not accepted?, anybody knows the reason?

can i use my windows key on another computer ?

anyone know y am getting this error. I have my key and everthing so I cant figure out what is going on

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The old trick from past versions of Microsoft Windows to pull all system settings into one spot continues to work on the latest version of the operating system. read more Continue reading...

During the 2009-2010 school year, I purchased Windows 7 Pro through school. I used it for a while, but uninstalled it when I upgraded that system and put Linux on it. So now I have a windows 7 key and license floating in limbo. Not installed on any device. And I lost the key ages ago. Now that...

If you want to make sure that copy of Windows 10 remains activated for the life of that device you are installing it on then you need to read this first. read more Continue reading...

I had the free upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 and the upgrade was completely broken. Edge wouldn't launch and list numbers things after that. I got the CDKEY of my install, did a clean install, and now the product is unable to activate. Same exact hardware and everything. IT does not...

Hello all I today downloaded the Win10 ISO with Microsoft's "create installation media" tool. I then extracted that ISO to my USB drive and used it to upgrade my activated 8.1 installation. It did not ask for any key during the upgrade process. Now, after installlation I cannot activate the...

I attempted to upgrade a genuine Windows 10 installation to Windows 10 to verify if a product key needed to be entered to activate the system after installation and these are the results. read more Continue reading...

so I upgraded my computer from windows 7 to the windows 10 insider edition a few months ago. I just finished upgrading my computer today from the insider edition to the official windows 10. under updates it says I will still get insider builds though. anyways I can not seem to activate my...

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Hi I have 3 DreamSpark Win 8.1 Pro 32/64 Bit w/ Update 1 activation keys available to me and would like to install Windows 8.1 and use one of those keys to activate it and reserve Win 10 via the taskbar icon method. In addition to that machine, could I install (on a second computer) the Win...