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Need some help trying to activate Windows 10 etc.!
Alright, so the other day I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. I reserved a copy of Windows 10 and was notified when the update was ready. I upgraded and everything was fine and dandy, but I didn't like Windows 10 much at first so I reverted back to Windows 8.1. When I went back to 8.1 I immediately regretted the decision and wanted 10 back. I thought that since I'd already used the free upgrade there was no way back, so I downloaded the media creation tool for Windows 10 and loaded that to a USB and tried that method. Once I got to the part where I had to enter a product key I was stuck, I didn't have a key... so I tried using my windows 8.1 key, that didn't work. I found this key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T and it worked, I installed Windows 10.... But what I didn't realize was that Windows 10 wasn't activated and that the product key was blocked, and it said my version of windows wasn't a genuine version and that I'd have to buy a key. I mean yeah Windows 10 works alright but I would prefer for it to be activated. Is there any way I can activate it? Also I can't even go back to Windows 8.1 again in the recovery menu to try reserve a free copy again using 8.1. I'm really not sure what to do. Is there any other way to get back to 8.1 to get a genuine upgrade of Windows 10 again? Thanks in advance.