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Windows 10 Pro expiration/activation problem
Hi, This is my first post to this forum, apologies for the length of this post, but I wanted to try to give as much info as possible.
I have a Windows 10 Pro expiration/activation problem.
I bought a used desktop PC a few months ago, but am now unable to contact the seller to resolve this issue with him. I have tried the usual routes of solving this problem myself, ie; google searches etc; but have drawn a blank to find the correct solution.
Hopefully this forum will be able to lead me in the right direction.
The problem: Approx. every 2 hours I am getting a Windows pop-up message informing me that ''Your Windows License Will Expire Soon... You Need to Activate Windows In Settings''.
When I go to settings it shows ''Windows is activated using your organizations activation service''.
I have used slmgr.vbs /dlv to view the current license, which I think indicates that this PC was possibly once used in a business environment? using KMS.
Also, using the Windows script host, I see the info changes daily, & is now down to 10 days!
I suspect that the seller used either a pirated copy, or a temporary license to install & activate the Windows 10 Pro. There is no Product Key label on the case, it has been scratched off.
The PC is a Dell Optiplex 3010 DF Core i3 3220 @ 3.30GHZ 8GB 500GB. It has an original Microsoft
Windows 7 badge on the case, so obviously it was updated to Windows 10 pro prior to my purchase.
Is there an easy fix for this expiration issue?
Thanks in advance for any help to resolve this.