Windows 10: Activation Problem - with Actual Genuine Product Key on Base of Laptop

Recently a friend replaced his Acer laptop - it originally ran Windows 7 Home 64bit but he had upgraded it to Windows 10 64bit. He gave it to me as I was looking for an old laptop which I could wipe and install Windows 7 32bit on so my kids could play some of the old 16bit games they liked so much which you can't play on our 64bit machines.I installed Windows 7 32bit and it works very well but when I tried to activate it using the original Windows 7 product key on the base of the unit it wouldn't accept it and gave me an error when inputting the product key saying Invalid Character.I phoned MS

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Activate windows 10 after re-installing (I have lost my product key)

I own a Lenovo T430 laptop. In 2017, I installed Windows 10 using my original Windows 7 product key. Unfortunately, I cannot find that product key anymore. I need to re-install windows 10. Will it be automatically activated after the installation, if I skip the step of asking the product key during the installation?

In my opinion, I believe that my laptop will have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers and this will not be a problem. Is that true?

If not, please suggest me a solution or a workaround.

 

how to check windows 10 product key is genuine or crack

Hi Ritesh

My name is Freddys to check the windows license follow the steps below:

1. Open Command Prompt
   
2. Type slmgr /dlv
   
3. This will open Windows Script Host window
   

If it shows that the windows are activated till a certain date or it is not fully activated which means your Windows is either activated via organizations bulk purchased product key or it has been
activated using some kind of activation tool like KMSpico.

That isn't a genuine copy of Windows. Otherwise, it shows a license status: licensed without expiration time then is genuine.

See an example below:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...nuine-or/04089c52-f1b3-4661-9904-81a570286ec5

Regards Freddys

 

Windows 7 not genuine problem

It seems like that's an OEM windows copy, it will do that the every time you reinstall the OS. If you have the key, next time you see the "not genuine windows copy" click it and choose to activate by phone, everything else is pretty straight forward as it explains step-by-step. If it doesn't work, then its highly likely that you got a Pirate copy.