Windows 10: Activate Windows using OEM Key

Discus and support Activate Windows using OEM Key in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I bought a used HP 840 G3 Elitebook from a vendor, who told me that this laptop has a pre-activated window. After using it for 6 months, the license... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Muhammad Huzaifa Naeem, Jul 5, 2022.

  1. Activate Windows using OEM Key


    I bought a used HP 840 G3 Elitebook from a vendor, who told me that this laptop has a pre-activated window. After using it for 6 months, the license somehow 'expired', giving me the error "We can't activate Windows on this device as we can't connect to your organization's activation server". I started getting that annoying "Activate Windows" sticker.I used ShowKeyPlus, and it showed me that the installed Key is NW**2-Q***W-D***K-3***-VCFB2, which, as far as I understand, is some sort of generic key for volume licensing?. ShowKeyPlus also shows that "Windows 7 OEM Marker present in the firmware

    :)
     
    Muhammad Huzaifa Naeem, Jul 5, 2022
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  2. newtekie1 Win User

    activate windows 7 oem key

    There is no difference between the OEM disc and the Retail disc with Windows 7. A retail disc will accept a OEM or Retail key, and vise versa.

    If the OEM Key wasn't going to work with the disc you have, it would have stopped you during the install when it first asked you for the key, not during activation.

    What is likely the problem is that, since the OEM version has already been activated once, it is failing activation again. Activate it over the phone using the option given to you on the failed activation screen, and you shouldn't have a problem activating it.
     
    newtekie1, Jul 5, 2022
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  3. Kreij Win User
    activate windows 7 oem key

    You cannot activate a retail version of Windows with an OEM key.
    The retail version should have it's own activation key.
    If you just borrowed the Win DVD from someone who is using the key, that won't work with your OEM (OA) key.

    pwned by newtekie. lol My bad.
    It does work in Vista and 7, just not in XP.

    Have you looked on the ASUS website to see if you can re-download the driver/diag disk, or at least everything you need to make one?
     
    Kreij, Jul 5, 2022
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  4. Tartaros Win User

    Activate Windows using OEM Key

    activate windows 7 oem key

    *Frown Activate Windows using OEM Key :(

    Not yet, that's the last thing I wanted to try. But seems I have to.
     
    Tartaros, Jul 5, 2022
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