My PC suddenly says its not activated

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  1. Superfly
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    reddwarf4ever said:
    So now I have a clean install and windows is activated, what are my steps to find out why my original windows install wasn’t activated......

    I await instructions........

    and apart from checking activation, I do everything else as per your suggestions......will in future check validated once a month.......
    I wish I could hands-on your PC .... it's a bit difficult explaining stuff...
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  3. reddwarf4ever
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    Superfly said:
    I wish I could hands-on your PC .... it's a bit difficult explaining stuff...
    I am very familiar with pc procedures and can follow instructions, depends on how difficult it is for you to put into words, but would appreciate some help, thanks

    is there the possibility of using team viewer ?
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  4. Superfly
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    reddwarf4ever said:
    I am very familiar with pc procedures and can follow instructions, depends on how difficult it is for you to put into words, but would appreciate some help, thanks
    Hmmm K let's give it a go .... are you in an unactivated state?
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  6. reddwarf4ever
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    Yes I am ..? Is tomorrow good for you ? All you need is my team viewer I.D.and password, as I understand it.....
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  7. Superfly
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    reddwarf4ever said:
    Yes I am ..? Is tomorrow good for you ? All you need is my team viewer I.D.and password, as I understand it.....
    I would like a team effort.. those online must chime in...

    Last I heard we were sfc from PE... any luck wth that?
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  8. Porthos
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    reddwarf4ever said:
    So now I have a clean install and windows is activated, what are my steps to find out why my original windows install wasn’t activated......

    I await instructions........

    and apart from checking activation, I do everything else as per your suggestions......will in future check validated once a month.......
    So you have a clean install and is activated?
    Why are we on about what happened on the old install? It was most likely damaged.
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  9. Superfly
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    Porthos said:
    So you have a clean install and is activated?
    Why are we on about what happened on the old install? It was most likely damaged.

    Educational ...? and yep...Definitely damaged
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  10. reddwarf4ever
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    Superfly said:
    I would like a team effort.. those online must chime in...

    Last I heard we were sfc from PE... any luck wth that?
    The SFC at boot was unsuccessful, think I posted the results
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  12. Superfly
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    reddwarf4ever said:
    The SFC at boot was unsuccessful, think I posted the results

    I need screenshots - I have the attention span of a gnat.
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  13. xaccell
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    This thread should be marked as solved. THe previous installation was obviously corrupted.
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