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Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?
Ive called tech support 4 days in a row now and have been told the 003 error is not because my key is blocked but because of issues with servers or something.
Is this still true?
I tried installing 3 times, the last time, I went back to windows 7 ultimate, activated it with no problems, and then immediately used my Windows 10 ISO DVD to install windows 10. It never asked for a key I dont think, which I thought was a good sign. I did not run any update for Windows 7. I selected "keep nothing" and it installed and all was well, but when I logged in it said it was not activated and it will currently not activate.
EDIT TO LIST SOLUTION:
Basically, I did what others on this thread stated and this issue was due to me not understanding what a 'clean install' was. I thought selected "keep nothing" from within an activated Windows 7 SP1 OS was still considered an upgrade. Not true. And that maybe was a stupid thought. After many failed attempts I did the following:
- Installed Windows 7 Ultimate
- Activated it with my Key - make sure this takes
- Installed SP1
- Then I used my Windows 10 ISO disk that I burned to do an 'upgrade'. This means I selected "KEEP ALL" when it got to that point.
- It installed
- It then said it was activated. Make sure this happens.
- Then I did a 'reset' which brought me back to a clean install state.
Many thanks to the support here.
Last edited by brazosdog02; 13 Aug 2015 at 21:27.