Struggling to switch from Enterprise Evaluation to Licensed VM Windows

This is on a Virtualized version of Windows 10 (Ver 1809, OS Build 17763.1554) within Win10 Pro 2004 (OS Build 19041.450)... I can't activate, i've tried active license keys, none of which work . I'm trying to setup a fully working version of win10 virtualized within my win10 so it doesn't keep shutting down !. Being i'm on the Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation, it keeps shutting me down every hr, citing evaluation copy as the error in eventlog.

If i go to activation to use an available license key, all it tells me is 'This version of windows is expired. Install the latest version to activate. Error Code 0xC004FC07

Any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks i just took all the defaults when it came to setting up Win10 in the virtual environment. I planned on using a legit key. I'll just delete the install and re-install using an ISO, if i can figure it out.. Not really messed around with virtualization much. So just learning the ropes.

Kari said:

Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation cannot be activated. It's only a 90 day free trial.

The reason is simple: As Enterprise edition is only available through Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement, all attempts to activate an evaluation version outside this agreement are obviously not legit, pure piracy, because there simply are no reasons to try to activate the trial version.

Solution is very simple: get your company a Volume Licensing deal, and get valid, legit volume licensing MAK or KMS keys.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/lice...ot%3aprimaryr3

In case you have Enterprise product keys available through a Visual Studio subscription (VS, former MSDN), you must install a clean copy of Windows 10 Enterprise and activate it using your VS key.

Kari