Hello there,
I compiled an ISO from an ESD on my laptop to create an ISO for my desktop to do an "in-place" upgrade to 10 from a legitimate copy (The machine I am using came with 8) of Windows 8.1. However, my 10 says it is not activated. Is there something I need to do or something I missed?
Your help is always appreciated!
Hi there. I'm having trouble with activation doing a fresh install of 10240 after trashing my original upgrade from within 10166. After much research it seems MS has blocked all keys just recently even with the latest legit key to fresh install. Now with your post here it seems nothing will activate no matter what method used. However it seems it will activate eventually even as soon as a few days rumor has it.
Just today I noticed the non-activated copy watermark is gone. The only drawback with non-activated copy is that it can't be personalized so far as colors, themes, etc. I don't think it sends system data so far as testing is concerned, but one can send feedback from popup questionnaires and the Insiders Hub app.
Hope that helps.
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We may have to wait until the 29th.
So, if I get what you're saying, it'll activate on the 29th?Hi there. I'm having trouble with activation doing a fresh install of 10240 after trashing my original upgrade from within 10166. After much research it seems MS has blocked all keys just recently even with the latest legit key to fresh install. Now with your post here it seems nothing will activate no matter what method used. However it seems it will activate eventually even as soon as a few days rumor has it.
Just today I noticed the non-activated copy watermark is gone. The only drawback with non-activated copy is that it can't be personalized so far as colors, themes, etc. I don't think it sends system data so far as testing is concerned, but one can send feedback from popup questionnaires and the Insiders Hub app.
Hope that helps.
BTW, Like your sig!
Edit:
We may have to wait until the 29th.
Also, not sure if this helps, but I ran the command slmgr /xpr, and it came back saying "Windows is in Notification Mode." Any thoughts?
Also, thanks!
You're quite welcome. :)
Not absolutely sure, but it wouldn't surprise me that it'll activate before then. Hopefully for sure on the 29th. Indication to me is that the watermark disappeared for me today after a reboot.
I get the same running that command. Have no idea what that means. Will research.
Maybe someone will come along with a solution, but I doubt that. I can live with this since I dual boot with 8.1. I consider this testing what not to do.
Good luck to you.
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Hey, if worst comes to worst, a rollback to 8.1 is still an option for me.You're quite welcome. :)
Not absolutely sure, but it wouldn't surprise me that it'll activate before then. Hopefully for sure on the 29th. Indication to me is that the watermark disappeared for me today after a reboot.
I get the same running that command. Have no idea what that means. Will research.
Maybe someone will come along with a solution, but I doubt that. I can live with this since I dual boot with 8.1. I consider this testing what not to do.
Good luck to you.
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No guarantees!
If you have a new install of 10240, try a reset - I had an unactivated 10240 following an upgrade from 10166 unactivated done a couple of days after the downing of the activation servers. Since the 10240 had problems (no start Menu tiles), I reset, and after completing the "Hi" and "Just a few more tweaks", "just a moment", "Please wait", "This is taking longer than usual", etc there was another reboot I think and there after it was activated.
The machine already had an activated 10240 on it, on a different partition (it would have to be wouldn't it?) on a different disk. That too has problems with a long boot up time (some minutes), where as the system which was reset takes less than a minute.
Windows 10 Reset Feature is a Great Feature - for reseting windows 10 (with a clean installation)
Yes, no absolute guarantees, but I think once an Insider always an insider. Worse comes to shove a phone call to MS to explain the situation I would hardly think they'd refuse.
Thanks, Fafhrd. It's worth a try. Worse thing could happen is another fresh install. I'll be back sometime to report.
did the reset thing work???? i have done a fresh install of 10240 and i cant activate it now. bfore this 10162 was activated and its showing in windows account settings website also. now i did clean fresh install of windows 10 10240 and cant activate it. activation servers are down and they are concentrating on upgrades. then wat about us????
plz help....
that is my laptop and my cousin's desktop both activated with my microsoft insider account. he has internet and he is upgrading to 10240 via system update. but i did clean install...
plz help...
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