Windows 10: Activating Windows 10 on my other laptop

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  1. Activating Windows 10 on my other laptop


    Good day!

    Before I bought Windows 10, I asked Windows support if I can install and activate Windows on my dekstop and laptop. They said it can be installed and activated. Now, my laptop says "can't activate Windows on this device because the product key was already used on another device."

    How can I activate my laptop? A support called and they proceeded with a "confirmation ID" to activate my laptop; but, I asked first if my desktop would be deactivated after confirming, and they said "yes." The support told me about OEM something and it can't be transferred. I didn't knew about this when I buy Windows 10 Pro. I thought that I can use the product key on both my desktop and laptop because of my first chat with the support as mentioned from the previous paragraph.

    Please help! Thank you!

    :)
     
    Reymond Atienza, Aug 6, 2020
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  2. Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    I did a full clean install of Windows 10 a while back and it will not activate. I didn't do a clean install from Windows 7/8/8.1 it was from Windows 10 (activated) so I expected it to activate just fine since it was fine before hand.

    My Windows 10 license wasn't created from a previous Windows 7/8/8.1 key I got it from signing up to be an insider back in Nov of 2014. I installed a preview build on my laptop from the insider program and it worked just fine and it automatically upgraded to newer and newer preview builds and then to the full release automatically, fully activated and working fine. I did a full clean install not long ago (expect it to go through without issue since it was working before) and now it will not activate and I can't find any info on how to get it to activate and I can't seem to find the insider Windows 10 key.

    Microsoft online support was useless and the gave me the toll free number to tech support.. I am currently on the phone waiting, they said it could be a 1hr 30min wait.. sigh.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    LightningJR, Aug 6, 2020
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  3. P4-630 Win User
    Worth upgrading to Windows 10 with my laptop?

    Yeah I was thinking the same thing, by then all laptops have Windows 10 or other new OS when I buy a new laptop.
    Everything runs fine now and I prefer not to re-install all my games and software.
     
    P4-630, Aug 6, 2020
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  4. qubit Win User

    Activating Windows 10 on my other laptop

    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    This is exactly what I'm seeing and am still investigating. I don't want to get your hopes up though, as I think you're out of luck, unfortunately. I might be too, but I'm in with a chance and here is why.

    I installed my Insider copy right at the start of the program on VMWare Player where it activated with my Live account. It also upgraded to the RTM copy when it was released and is activated. So far so good.

    I then downloaded the ISO using Microsoft's tool and installed a clean copy on my laptop, again logging in with my Live account, but it won't activate, just like you've seen. Reason given is that the key is blocked. However, what I'm now gonna do is image that VM onto the laptop's HDD and see if that works. It may remain activated (doubtful), require a phone activation or simply not activate at all. Let's hope it activates.

    BTW, I never opted out of the insider program and am still on the Fast updates, so my OS version is currently showing as 10.0.10532, which is later than the 10.0.10240 RTM build - it did a full OS install for it.

    Finally, even though you can't activate yours, you can still do the upgrade thing from W7 or W8/8.1 so you're not actually stuck, you just don't get the Insider version.
     
    qubit, Aug 6, 2020
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