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W10 Activation problem
I am going nuts. I have an Alienware M17x previously running W7 Home. I upgraded to W10 Home last week (V1511). It went well and W10 was shown as activated with a digital entitlement. Great. However, now after a week or so, in the middle of using my machine normally I suddenly get the 'Windows not activated' note at the foot of the screen. Now I do not seem to be able to activate, pressing activate in the activation section does nothing and will not connect. I entered my old W7 product key and am advised that this will not work. I have not changed anything on my machine, just that suddenly I am not activated. Now I had this before and rolled back to W7 and re-upgraded, exactly the same thing happened some weeks ago, activation only seems to last a week. Why is this happening and I cannot be alone?
Now two questions. What happens if I leave W10 unactivated? Second if I buy a W10 key (which I should not have to to do) presumably I have to reinstall W10 again and will I lose all my files and settings?
I do wish Microsoft would get this right it is so maddening