Windows 10: How can I update an old Windows 7 laptop if I don’t have a product key + my Windows 7 isn’t...

I’m trying to upgrade a family member’s old Windows 7 laptop to Windows 10, however I’ve been running into some problems. I am using the Windows 10 Disk Image (ISO File) installer.

Everything was going great until I was asked to enter in the Windows Product Key. It claimed that my version of Windows was not activated and that I had to enter in a product key to activate it. The problem is, no one has used the laptop since a few years ago, so I’m unsure as to where I can find further info for the laptop and where it was purchased from. I didn’t see any stickers with the key on the bottom of the laptop, so I used another application to extract it to my laptop. I tried using the one I found but it was denied, stating that the product key was a “default” product key.

Right now it says the laptop is in the “initial grace period” and has 24 days left. Does anyone know what I can do? Thank you all in advance.

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windows 10 product key

What do you mean you HAD to install W10 ?

If you don`t have a key you`ll have to buy one, or use a 7 or 8 key as suggested.