Windows 10: Cannot Activate Windows 10 Pro After Fresh Install

Discus and support Cannot Activate Windows 10 Pro After Fresh Install in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hello. Last fall I made an upgrade to Windows 10 Home to Pro using the Microsoft store. I bought the Home key over two years ago and I was upgrading it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by Lucas_Gi, Jan 20, 2020.

  1. Lucas_Gi Win User

    Cannot Activate Windows 10 Pro After Fresh Install


    Hello. Last fall I made an upgrade to Windows 10 Home to Pro using the Microsoft store. I bought the Home key over two years ago and I was upgrading it to Pro. I never got my key in an email and I cannot view the key in the invoice online like I can with my Home key. When I tried to upgrade and activate the PC, I had Windows 10 Enterprise install automatically from the Microsoft store. I believe this is now a known issue but I ended up calling Microsoft to see if I can get this resolved. I gave my order number to the person who answered but without any additional verification or explanation, I was given a Windows 10 Pro key and they hung up. I tried it and I was activated and was no longer using Enterprise. Now I swapped my boot drive and installed Pro for a fresh start. My PC did not automatically activate based on my Microsoft account like it did with Home and I'm stuck with an error that says activation servers aren't available right now 0x80072EE7. The troubleshooter also doesn't help. I also cannot use the key given as it gives 0x803FA067 as the key is seen as an invalid key. I'm assuming that it wasn't the actual key associated with my account.

    :)
     
    Lucas_Gi, Jan 20, 2020
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  2. 95Viper Win User

    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    How long did you wait for activation?
    When I re-installed with a fresh install... it took a few hours to sync and activate.
    However, it did, finally, activate.
     
    95Viper, Jan 20, 2020
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  3. Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Jan 20, 2020
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  4. Cannot Activate Windows 10 Pro After Fresh Install

    Clean Windows 10 (?PRO?) install

    I have bought a legit "Windows 10 Pro" key of a key website. It is legit since i'm currently using it for over a year now. I currently have Windows 10 Pro installed on my PC and I want to do a clean install. I just can't find the windows 10 Pro download in the tool. But if i could use a windows 10 pro key with a normal windows 10 install, I'll be good to go.
     
    JeroenBeunckens, Jan 20, 2020
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