One computer activates - other 3 wont (build 10240)

Hi there

One computer upgraded to build 10240 PRO and was activated -- the other 3 machines I'm testing this on won't activate --get message saying Activate Windows.

The published key doesn't work if you try and activate manually..

So I got round the whole sorry mess by IMAGING the computer W10 activated on and using Universal restore (restore to Unlike hardware) and now all 4 Machines successfully activated.

Note After the restores to different hardware Windows does a bit of messing around to get the right drivers etc - but the Universal restore mechanism from Acronis works just fine.

I don't really want to use "dubious iso's" from torrents unless that's the only option.

Cheers
jimbo

You can't install clean, the activation servers are deliberately disabled.

I can verify that the above command provided by topgun do work. I did a clean install on a new SSD and was unable to activate until I used the above commands. They worked perfectly the first time.