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Upgraded from 8.1 to Win 10. Did a clean install, but now problem.
This is a brand new laptop. Only thing loaded on it was the Windows 8.1 OS. The "Get Windows 10" app said that I qualified for a free upgrade to Windows 10. After reading an article on how to do a clean install of Windows 10, I did the following:
1. Upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.
2. Downloaded the Media Creation Tool.
3. Used the MCT to create a bootable USB on a 16GB USB flash drive.
4. Booted from the flash drive, did a clean install of Windows 10 (essentially, formatted the drive to load the OS)
5. During installation, got a window asking for product key. Since the article said to skip this (because Windows would 'remember' my previous activation for this laptop) I did so.
6. Installation completed without a hitch.
Now, however, Windows 10 is acting like I don't have an activated version. I keep getting messages like "You can personalize this PC until it is Activated". But... it WAS activated before I did the clean install. I messed around with the OS, checking out different features, before doing the clean install.
My question is, why is this happening? I tried rolling back to Windows 8 (Pressing F3 on boot) but there is no option to go back to Windows 8.1, only Windows 10.
So, what should/can I do to get around this aggravating issue?
Thanks!