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  1. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
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    I fully agree with your comments. So let me ask...

    I fully agree with your comments. So let me ask another question.
    Say i have a system pc that I build from scratch with new everthing. I then buy a Win 10 retail edition and install it on my system...
  2. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Don't understand your comment as Windows software...

    Don't understand your comment as Windows software Is installed on the HDD's not on the Motherboard or that is the way I have understood it for the last 30 years !! or am I wrong ?
    regards
  3. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    It asked for a product key (which I declined) ...

    It asked for a product key (which I declined) but I used "i do not have a product key " for installation. It then gave me a long list of Windows 10 editions to choose to install and I chose 10 pro....
  4. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Downloaded from Microsoft,s media creation tool...

    Downloaded from Microsoft,s media creation tool website
  5. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Coincidence or what!!

    Following on from the above info I took delivery today of another used MBO from E Bay. Same manufacturer as before (Gigabyte) but different model F2A68HM versus F2A78HM. Put in same CPU but new HDD...
  6. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Thanks for a likely explanation. Activation...

    Thanks for a likely explanation. Activation requirements have always been a mystery to me. So how about this scenario. The original PC,s owner removes the motherboard in order to upgrade his RETAIL...
  7. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Hi just ran slmgr /xpr and it tells me that the...

    Hi just ran slmgr /xpr and it tells me that the "machine is permanently activated " !!!
  8. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Hi Folks Thank you all for your input. The MBO...

    Hi Folks
    Thank you all for your input. The MBO did not have any CPU installed so I put in one I had had to hand. I ran Showkey and it gave me the full product key and it also said that there was no...
  9. Thread: Strange activation issue by PAFOS
    Forum: Windows Updates and Activation
    Replies 29 Views 5,232

    Strange activation issue

    Hello
    I had just purchased a used Motherboard on E bay and in order to test it out before using in a new PC I set up a temporary system on the bench with a clean Hard drive and installed Windows 10...
  10. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Ok---my computers are all bang up to date with...

    Ok---my computers are all bang up to date with all the updates and as I mentioned in my opening comments one of two updates broke my system. This desktop win 10 Pro PC has never had any network...
  11. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Hello again .OK to first answer your questions. ...

    Hello again .OK to first answer your questions.

    All network computers are shown in explorer with WDS as discovery method

    My system was an upgrade from Win 8.1 pro

    Now the best bit !!
    ...
  12. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Here's a little snippet for you. Ignoring the...

    Here's a little snippet for you.

    Ignoring the desktop PC my other win 10 home machines talk to each other correctly so for an experiment I deleted all windows credentials and then started form...
  13. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Hi--Thanks. I have not been using the e mail...

    Hi--Thanks. I have not been using the e mail address---it was just a question. however if I enter the user name as per your message of C:\Users\username it generates a error message that it is too...
  14. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Thanks for the reply---yes, I have tried setting...

    Thanks for the reply---yes, I have tried setting up credentials but unless I am doing something wrong I still cannot connect. By the way all win10 computers use MS accounts so what do I use for a...
  15. Thread: Win 10 pro still got networking problems ?? by PAFOS
    Forum: Network and Sharing
    Replies 11 Views 4,943

    Win 10 pro still got networking problems ??

    First of all an apology if I have missed anything after looking at a huge number of websites/forums over the past 4 days but I have come to the end of my tether on this much written about problem.
    ...
  16. Thread: Failed to validate product key problem strikes again by PAFOS
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 7 Views 9,853

    No---It was definitely the correct ISO used it...

    No---It was definitely the correct ISO used it several times on Identical systems Win 8.1 home X 64 it did not ask for any key but just gave the validity message
    Cheers
  17. Thread: Failed to validate product key problem strikes again by PAFOS
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 7 Views 9,853

    Hello Thanks I had already done all that slmgr...

    Hello Thanks
    I had already done all that slmgr stuff already and the screen shots you see were taken after re activation of win 8.1 but the update still did not proceed so did not go as far as...
  18. Thread: Failed to validate product key problem strikes again by PAFOS
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 7 Views 9,853

    Hello Thanks for taking the trouble to reply....

    Hello
    Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.
    Yes I appreciate that you cannot UPGRADE directly from a booted USB but it allowed me to try to get an upgrade via a different root but of course it...
  19. Thread: Failed to validate product key problem strikes again by PAFOS
    Forum: Installation and Upgrade
    Replies 7 Views 9,853

    Failed to validate product key problem strikes again

    Hello I have done many Win 10 upgrades without any problems but my current problem has taken 2 days out of my life!! without a solution. Here is the situation.
    I created a USB media drive using...
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    Ok thanks---I guess I will have to download the...

    Ok thanks---I guess I will have to download the full version ISO as that is what I have the product key for. I did not realise that single language and multi language product keys were not the same....
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    I chose Single language because it was a smaller...

    I chose Single language because it was a smaller file as my broadband is rubbish but it still says "Windows 10 editions below are valid for both Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Professional" which I...
  22. Replies 25 Views 11,665

    I thought that I had "won" this stage to get Win...

    I thought that I had "won" this stage to get Win 10 BUT when I installed the ISO that I had downloaded from the techbench link given in a previous message I got Windows 10 HOME but I wanted Pro. Now...
  23. Replies 25 Views 11,665

    Hi all Thanks for all the suggestions ! you are...

    Hi all
    Thanks for all the suggestions ! you are correct I used an old copy of the tool. If I hover the mouse over the exe file I get the 10240 version. I did not realise that the tool was specific...
  24. Replies 25 Views 11,665

    Thanks for that---am now downloading the 1511...

    Thanks for that---am now downloading the 1511 version ( I hope). Just another 5 hours to go !!!!
  25. Replies 25 Views 11,665

    Media Creation Tool did not generate current ISO win 10 version

    Yesterday I decided to download WIN 10 Pro 64 bit with the media creation tool to generate an ISO file as I needed to do a fresh install on several machines. I had assumed that I would get the...
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