Windows 10: I bought a windows activation key but it does not work

I bought a brand new windows 11 key for personal use on home computer but it says when i enter code for activation that the product key i enterred didnt workerror code - 0xcc004f050

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activate windows 7 oem key

There is no difference between the OEM disc and the Retail disc with Windows 7. A retail disc will accept a OEM or Retail key, and vise versa.

If the OEM Key wasn't going to work with the disc you have, it would have stopped you during the install when it first asked you for the key, not during activation.

What is likely the problem is that, since the OEM version has already been activated once, it is failing activation again. Activate it over the phone using the option given to you on the failed activation screen, and you shouldn't have a problem activating it.

 

I bought a Windows Ten Pro key and it doesn't work...

You must purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft directly if you want to be sure that the new key will work.

Here's how to do it:

1. Open START
2. Type Settings
3. Click Settings or Press Enter
4. Click Activation & Security
5. Click Activation
6. Click Go to Store
7. Purchase Key
8. In Settings enter the new Key if it does not do this automatically
9. Wait for Windows to upgrade
10. Reboot
11. DONE!

Now this particular Computer has a working Windows Pro licence!

 

activate windows 7 oem key

You cannot activate a retail version of Windows with an OEM key.
The retail version should have it's own activation key.
If you just borrowed the Win DVD from someone who is using the key, that won't work with your OEM (OA) key.

pwned by newtekie. lol My bad.
It does work in Vista and 7, just not in XP.

Have you looked on the ASUS website to see if you can re-download the driver/diag disk, or at least everything you need to make one?