Windows 10: Activate Windows 10 installed on notebook after being activated in a virtualbox guest

Discus and support Activate Windows 10 installed on notebook after being activated in a virtualbox guest in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; I have bought my new notebook a few weeks ago with an OEM Windows 10 Home version. As the machine came with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled and I had some... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by perriert, Dec 31, 2018.

  1. perriert Win User

    Activate Windows 10 installed on notebook after being activated in a virtualbox guest


    I have bought my new notebook a few weeks ago with an OEM Windows 10 Home version. As the machine came with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled and I had some free time near holidays I thougt why not give Linux a shot? I was playing around while I had to do some urgent work (on Windows OS) for one of my partners so I installed virtualbox and installed the windows 10 I bought for my laptop as a guest.


    After a few weeks I realized that I can't fully work in linux because I have several dependencies to Windows. (Btw my biggest problem was the lack of a proper multi display support on Ubuntu.) So I have removed Ubuntu and installed Windows10 on the SSD of the physical machine this time. I thought that it's the same hardware but Windows thinks differently: it doesn't let me to activate and throws an error code: 0xC004C008


    I have tried to activate by telephone (2 times) but answering to the questions of the bot always ended with the solution to buy an other licence from the store. I don't want to accept that I have an OEM licence for Windows 10 Home and I cannot use it anymore because I accidentally activated it earlier in a virtual machine. How can I go through the automatic telephone system?

    :)
     
    perriert, Dec 31, 2018
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  2. perriert Win User

    Activate Windows 10 installed on notebook after being activated in a virtualbox guest

    I have bought my new notebook a few weeks ago with an OEM Windows 10 Home version. As the machine came with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled and I had some free time near holidays I thougt why not give Linux a shot? I was playing around while I had to do some urgent
    work (on Windows OS) for one of my partners so I installed virtualbox and installed the windows 10 I bought for my laptop as a guest.

    After a few weeks I realized that I can't fully work in linux because I have several dependencies to Windows. (Btw my biggest problem was the lack of a proper multi display support on Ubuntu.) So I have removed Ubuntu and installed Windows10 on the SSD of
    the physical machine this time. I thought that it's the same hardware but Windows thinks differently: it doesn't let me to activate and throws an error code:
    0xC004C008

    I have tried to activate by telephone (2 times) but answering to the questions of the bot always ended with the solution to buy an other licence from the store.
    I don't want to accept that I have an OEM licence for Windows 10 Home and I cannot use it anymore because I accidentally activated it earlier in a virtual machine. How can I go through the automatic telephone system?

    Update:

    I was able to activate my OEM Windows 10 on the physical machine again by automatic phone activation. (Start 'SLUI 4')
     
    perriert, Jan 10, 2020
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  3. toolman59 Win User
    How to activate Windows 10 guest in VirtualBox


    I have updated my OS to Windows 10 which has been activated during the upgrade from Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit.

    I have added Windows 10 as a guest in Virtualbox, how do I validate the Windows 10 guest?
     
    toolman59, Jan 10, 2020
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  4. 95Viper Win User

    Activate Windows 10 installed on notebook after being activated in a virtualbox guest

    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    How long did you wait for activation?
    When I re-installed with a fresh install... it took a few hours to sync and activate.
    However, it did, finally, activate.
     
    95Viper, Jan 10, 2020
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