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windows 10 - not authenicating
rtavy73
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put windows 10 on my partners laptop, (it had windows 8.1 installed) all went smoothly, however i wanted to use it today to burn a CD and i noticed in the corner it said for me to authenticate windows 10 followed the instructions but i had an error code ending in 003 which either meant I was using a wrong product key or i changed something since i installed it, the code i used to install windows 8 was legit , ive put in a SSD over 8 month ago and I had no problem with windows 8.1 .
when i go on authenticate it, it wants me to part with the best part of £190 for a legit copy, so i rolled back to windows 8.1
i want windows 10 on it - l how can i make windows 10 activate ?
when i go on authenticate it, it wants me to part with the best part of £190 for a legit copy, so i rolled back to windows 8.1
i want windows 10 on it - l how can i make windows 10 activate ?
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If it was an upgrade was the 8.1 legitimate? You will only get it for free I the 8.1 (or 7) install was genuine in the first place.
If indeed it was a legitimate copy you upgraded from then maybe just give it time - the MS activation servers are I overdrive at the moment trying to keep up with all the Win 10 activation requests - might work fine later.
I did my laptop earlier and I didn't have to activate it, it did it automatically. I'm re-installing windows 10 on my other half's laptop as I type this, so fingers crossed
First it was the little errors in menus. Then I had permissions problems where I couldn't save anything except to the desktop.
Now the start menu has completely stopped working (I can only right-click on it to get the other menu)
I have activated Win10, so how do I do a "clean install" now?
You can't do a clean install once you have put it on your machine, you have to start from scratch and re install it
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
I'm thinking of downloading that to a DVD, booting it and formatting the C drive before installing.
I won't lose any data as I only really use the PC for gaming so it's more of a chore just having to re-download all my games from Steam
I'm hoping that it will recognise that the machine has already been activated.
At least the Win 10 Media Creation Tool does it.
Plus the Recovery Options on a built system have a way to "clean" a computer to that "OS restored only" state too.
You could try this for a clean (re)install if you don't trust Microsoft's assurance that it will recognise your PC's hardware for activation