Windows 10: Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?

Discus and support Cannot Activate - Keep waiting? in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; THIS IS NOT A CLEAN INSTALL! Install Windows 7 - ACTIVATE. Its activated. Its mine. I bought it. Its legit. Then I stick in the Windows 10 disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by brazosdog02, Aug 10, 2015.

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  1. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User

    Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?


    When you chose keep nothing that is a clean install NOT an upgrade.
     
    labeeman, Aug 12, 2015
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  2. BADROBOT
    badrobot Win User

    If you read my last post above, that method is not possible. You need to do an online upgrade. You can't use a DVD to upgrade. Sorry if your connection is not capable of doing so. That's just the way it is. As they always say, nothing is really free.
     
    badrobot, Aug 12, 2015
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  3. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    I don't think you messed anything up. I did almost exactly what you did and my upgrade activated. I had windows 7 pro installed on a home built computer. Downloaded the ISO file using the Windows Media Creation Tool. I extracted the ISO file to a second hard drive and ran setup.exe. The upgrade succeeded and activated. I burned a DVD using the downloaded ISO file, booted the computer from the DVD and did a clean install which also activated.

    In your case, it seems like everything is correct so maybe it is just a matter of hitting the Microsoft Activation Server when it is actually working correctly and handing out licenses.

    Microsoft needs to admit they messed up and just come out and say "We don't care how Windows 10 was installed, we will activate it."
     
    NavyLCDR, Aug 12, 2015
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  4. BRAZOSDOG02
    brazosdog02 Win User

    Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?

    Its time for me to quit the internet and computers. Clean install to me is format adn start over. Not install from a GD activated system.

    Ok...let's regroup now that Ive burned up about 3 gb of my internet.

    You say I need to install windows 7 and activate.

    Then what?

    I put in the windows 10 disk and...... which option of the three do I select?

    Oh Christ...now I can't even use their own ISO on a DVD to upgrade?

    Wow.
     
    brazosdog02, Aug 12, 2015
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  5. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User
    labeeman, Aug 12, 2015
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  6. BADROBOT
    badrobot Win User
    badrobot, Aug 12, 2015
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  7. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User
    Yes you can use the ISO you just need to be connected to the internet when you upgrade.
     
    labeeman, Aug 12, 2015
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  8. BRAZOSDOG02
    brazosdog02 Win User

    Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?

    Yeah...you see the little note on step 15? Yeah ....i did that. So you are telling my my upgrade is a clean install but its exactly the same as what that guy did but mine is wrong?
     
    brazosdog02, Aug 12, 2015
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  9. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User
    That step is after he has the box registered on the M$ servers for W10 not for the first upgrade.You did it wrong don't know how the other guy did it but you did yours wrong and need to start from square 1 and that is a activated W7 running on your box and select keep everything. You could also purchase a W10 key your choice.
     
    labeeman, Aug 12, 2015
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  10. BRAZOSDOG02
    brazosdog02 Win User
    Im sorry everyone. Im not trying to be a dick. Im hugely appreciative of all of this help. Im just really frustrated. Ive never had problems like this.

    OK....so...lets go back to windows 7. From teh ISO I burned, and from activated windows 7, I CANNOT SELECT KEEP NOTHING, but I MUST select 'keep everything'? Think that will work?
     
    brazosdog02, Aug 12, 2015
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  11. LABEEMAN
    labeeman Win User
    Yes that should work as what you have now does not.
     
    labeeman, Aug 12, 2015
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  12. BRAZOSDOG02
    brazosdog02 Win User
    Alright...ill give it a go...again. 5th time's a charm?
     
    brazosdog02, Aug 12, 2015
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  13. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    Cannot Activate - Keep waiting?

    Good luck!
     
    NavyLCDR, Aug 12, 2015
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  14. JACA
    jaca Win User
    I had a similar problem. It was solved after many updates (security and importante) were installed. After restart, win10 was activated*cake
     
    jaca, Aug 12, 2015
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  15. BRAZOSDOG02
    brazosdog02 Win User
    If this doesn't work this time, I'm going to have to buy it. I cant sit here for the next week hoping it will update or upgrade or activate or not....ive spent almost a week on this already. Ill just chock it up to being gotten by Microsoft.
    Also, if I cannot upgrade directly from windows 7 and my windows 10 iso, I will have to buy it.

    Some say I can some say I cant...I don't know.
     
    brazosdog02, Aug 12, 2015
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