Windows 10: Activation troubleshooting

No command prompt either so I can't run slmgr. Can't run showkey either to see what key it activated with. If I could see the last five it might tell something. No key shown (even partial) on the activation screen, or in "about windows".

 

Dunno... will have to check it out and see - seems like a super scaled down version... like IOT

 

You can't install or run any win32 programs, other than what comes preinstalled by Microsoft. And only approved Apps from the Store. I installed it on my spare desktop for a look see. When I noticed it activated without a key I figured I'd give you a heads up. The activation screen has a big upgrade to windows 10 Pro message. Anyway, it appears Microsoft is still giving away Windows 10.

 

Indeed they are. I just upgraded a W8.1Home lappy (OEM) 2 days ago, successfully.

 

Weird, did some more poking around in 10-S and found I can run diskpart from the run box. You can't exit out to the command prompt though, it just closes. cmd is blocked from the run box. Same deal for slmgr. Trouble shooting activation issues on 10-S is going to be a royal PITA.

 

Did another clean install of 10-S in "Manufacturing Mode" https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...facturing-mode Booted in audit mode and can now run slmgr and got a partial key that doesn't match any of the generic keys I have stored -VMJ2C. Somebody mentioned in another thread that they got showkey to run in this mode but it won't for me. I just get a quick busy circle icon for a second and nothing happens. No popup message. Is there any way to get the full key via command line?

On a side note, unlike Education, I was prompted to enter a key the second time around, even though it already had a DL? It was a reinstall on the same PC? Will have to pay close attention the next time I install Education to double check if I was prompted for a key or not? Second guessing myself now.

 

There aren't any native Windows commands to get the key... you could try ShowKey ftom the command line and see if it works that way...

Usage:
"[path]\ShowKeyPlus.exe" "[path][filename].txt"

 

Ok will have go in a little bit and get back to you. Just curious what the full key is so I can maybe use it in a PID.txt file etc. .

 

Ok worked from the command line, had to run it twice for some reason? I didn't change edit anything but got what I wanted on the second run, thanks.
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lol, noticed after running the command that it showed as not activated, yada yada yada. Did the slmgr /ato and it activated. Would not have been able to do that if not already in audit mode. Troubleshoot might have worked though. I think it failed to activate because my WIFI wasn't setup during the OOBE, I wasn't prompted to do it when I switched to audit mode. It was on, just not right away. I set it up to download showkey shortly after booting to desktop. Windows update ran too, not sure why it didn't activate though? Key didn't change once it activated. I double checked.

 

Cool Alpha...

FYI: I was working through some stuff yesterday to convert my Win32 apps (basically just repackaging as Store apps for AU and subsequent like this: Package an app by using Visual Studio (Desktop Bridge) - UWP app developer | Microsoft Docs)

and will prolly release a UWP version of ShowKeyPlus to the Store, but not a priority right now as there are work-arounds...

Thanx for you feedback and testing of Win 10S ...*Wink

 

No problem , we both learn something in the process. *Wink
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In a Windows 10 S \$Windows.~BT\Sources\Product.ini you can find all the generic Keys for the current available editions to date I guess. The S edition uses the "Cloud" Key:

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[/quote] Ah, so it is, the key I retrieved is the one listed as cloud.

 

Hi,
I got the following expiration today



I got the computer from a highly reputable source (craigslist) so not shocking to have this kind of stuff come up...

Anyway, here's the license info:



So it looks like an enterprise license that's set to expire. But when I run ShowKeyPlus I get a installed key that goes with win10 enterprise AND an original key for "Win Next Starter Retail". Looking up the Original key it does return the EULA Type: Retail.

Now I'm not sure if I should change my product key to the original key or enterprise key or what? If I end up needing to buy a new win10 license it's not the end of the world, but I'd rather not. And I really want to avoid a reinstall.

TIA