asking info about a Clean Install and activation of Win 10

My upgrade to Win 10 all appears to be OK, and at onetime it even said that is was ACTIVATED, but later after I went to settings, it reverted back to saying not activated,,, and one of the other places it still says it is activated, but itne systems it say the it is not actived now.

So, my question is: Do you think if I did a "Clean install" that maybe I would be able to get it activated ?

Thanks for your comments. Cliff M acmanten

acmanten said:

My upgrade to Win 10 all appears to be OK, and at onetime it even said that is was ACTIVATED, but later after I went to settings, it reverted back to saying not activated,,, and one of the other places it still says it is activated, but itne systems it say the it is not actived now.

So, my question is: Do you think if I did a "Clean install" that maybe I would be able to get it activated ?

Thanks for your comments. Cliff M acmanten

Hi there, Cliff.

Let's check your activation status first. Press WinKey/X > Choose Command Prompt (Admin) > Copy the command below > Right click on the Command Prompt window header > Choose "Edit" > Then "Paste" > Press Enter. A window should appear giving status.

slmgr /xpr

acmanten said:

So, my question is: Do you think if I did a "Clean install" that maybe I would be able to get it activated ?

Hard to say -- for sure. Yeah, everyone's going to tell you that a clean install is automatically going to reactivate -- but, they're only really guessing because that is what it is SUPPOSED to do. But then, it's NOT supposed to be saying activated in one place and NOT activated in another place.

Have you tried using the slmgr commands? This thread shows you how to check: https://www.tenforums.com/windows-upd...ctivation.html

HippsieGypsie said:

Hi there, Cliff.

Let's check your activation status first. Press WinKey/X > Choose Command Prompt (Admin) > Copy the command below > Right click on the Command Prompt window header > Choose "Edit" > Then "Paste" > Press Enter. A window should appear giving status.

slmgr /xpr

OK, tks, and I will try that @home on that win 10 desktop tonight...
tks, cliff M.

HippsieGypsie said:

Hi there, Cliff.

Let's check your activation status first. Press WinKey/X > Choose Command Prompt (Admin) > Copy the command below > Right click on the Command Prompt window header > Choose "Edit" > Then "Paste" > Press Enter. A window should appear giving status.

slmgr /xpr

tks, and I had no idea before about that way to check the status.

Maybe this is a good time to ask. Is there anyway on Ten-Forums that a user is able to FORWARD a message like the one above to himself ? tks Cliff M.

acmanten said:

OK, tks, and I will try that @home on that win 10 desktop tonight...
tks, cliff M.

You're welcome.

Actually this command gives more detail: slmgr /dlv

acmanten said:

tks, and I had no idea before about that way to check the status.

Maybe this is a good time to ask. Is there anyway on Ten-Forums that a user is able to FORWARD a message like the one above to himself ? tks Cliff M.

The only thing I can think of is to copy and paste it into an email to yourself.

HippsieGypsie said:

You're welcome.

Actually this command gives more detail: slmgr /dlv

But that one won't contain a key piece of info the OP would be looking for - the expiration date of the activation .

NavyLCDR said:

But that one won't contain a key piece of info the OP would be looking for - the expiration date of the activation .

Thanks. I stand corrected. It's slmgr/xpr