Windows 10: Can't activate Windows 10 Home on laptop with old Windows Enterpise installed

Discus and support Can't activate Windows 10 Home on laptop with old Windows Enterpise installed in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Purchased new Windows 10 Home. Can't activate says Product key did not work. It is an old company laptop from previous employer with Windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by DKana, Apr 15, 2021.

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    Can't activate Windows 10 Home on laptop with old Windows Enterpise installed


    Purchased new Windows 10 Home. Can't activate says Product key did not work. It is an old company laptop from previous employer with Windows Enterrpise still on it.

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    DKana, Apr 15, 2021
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    TheLostSwede, Apr 15, 2021
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    I did a full clean install of Windows 10 a while back and it will not activate. I didn't do a clean install from Windows 7/8/8.1 it was from Windows 10 (activated) so I expected it to activate just fine since it was fine before hand.

    My Windows 10 license wasn't created from a previous Windows 7/8/8.1 key I got it from signing up to be an insider back in Nov of 2014. I installed a preview build on my laptop from the insider program and it worked just fine and it automatically upgraded to newer and newer preview builds and then to the full release automatically, fully activated and working fine. I did a full clean install not long ago (expect it to go through without issue since it was working before) and now it will not activate and I can't find any info on how to get it to activate and I can't seem to find the insider Windows 10 key.

    Microsoft online support was useless and the gave me the toll free number to tech support.. I am currently on the phone waiting, they said it could be a 1hr 30min wait.. sigh.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    LightningJR, Apr 15, 2021
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    exodusprime1337, Apr 15, 2021
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