Windows 10: Cannot activate my new pc with the digital key!

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  1. Cannot activate my new pc with the digital key!


    Hey there,,I have a pc with windows 11 pro installed with a digital license key attached to my Microsoft account..I got another PC and I installed windows 11 pro and was using it without any problem. After attempting a clean installation of windows 11 pro new edition to the same PC , its not getting activated.. On the activation setting Page it shows "Windows reported that there was a problem with your OEM product key. Error code: 0xC004F215"after troubleshooting, it shows that I have a digital license for Windows 11 home and to activate I have to install windows 11 Home.. Ive never used Win

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    Rushenjayakody, Jan 14, 2025
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  2. DaveM121 Win User

    Digital activation key

    Hi Tony

    You do not need a product key to re-install Windows 10, as long as you re-install the exact same Edition of Windows 10, your licence will be unaffected and Windows 10 should self-activate without any user interaction . . .

    If you have already re-installed Windows 10 and you have an activation error, please check you have installed the same edition - go to Settings - System - About. Is the correct Edition of Windows 10 listed there that matches the previously installed Edition?

    If you are about to re-install Windows 10:

    Since you previously had Windows 10 installed and activated on that PC during the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 10 on this PC', and activation will not be an issue, your PC will
    have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers
     
    DaveM121, Jan 14, 2025
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  3. NavyLCDR Win User
    Windows won't activate a digital license but will with a product key?

    If you plan on "transferring" a digital license from one computer to another using the activation troubleshooter and your Microsoft Account, then yes, start with the generic product key on the new computer. Actually, on a new install, you select the option for "I don't have a product key" and then after the install use the Activation Troubleshooter. Otherwise, if you are using a unique product key, either purchased or embedded in the firmware of the computer by the factory - let Windows 10/11 activate for the first time from that product key. AFTER it is activated, change the product key to the generic. One advantage to doing this is that if the original product key was OEM, changing it to the generic retail product key will also change the digital license type to retail and make it transferrable to another computer.
     
    NavyLCDR, Jan 14, 2025
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  4. j2woes Win User

    Cannot activate my new pc with the digital key!

    Windows 10 digital activation issues new build

    I originally had windows 7 purchased from amazon a long time ago, I upgraded my pc to windows 10 and have used it it for years issue free.

    Now I have built a new PC and can not activate my digital license on my new pc, here's what I have done.

    • verified on my old PC by going to settings and activation that its activated with a digital license tied to my Hotmail account.
    • got my windows product key
    • checked the license code is retail by using slmgr -dli
    • deactivated the key by using slmgr.vbs /upk
    • installed windows on new build
    • logged into my hotmail account tied to the digital license on the new build[according to microsoft website it should activate once connected to the internet, it did not)
    • entered product key by clicking change product key in settings - activation
    now it says we cant activate windows on this device because you don't have a valid product key. error code 0x803FA067

    I have since found out the product key I got from old build is just a generic one used by Microsoft and not the original I used when I originally installed windows 7 years ago

    I have contacted Microsoft support at 13:00 and was told I will receive a call in 26 minutes its now 20:00 and no call

    can somebody help please ?
     
    j2woes, Jan 14, 2025
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