Windows 10: I bought a Windows Ten Pro key and it doesn't work...

Ok ill try that.

 

The generic key worked and I'm "Preparing for upgrade". If my key is fine.... do I have to do this every time I reinstall windows? Could I somehow remove the "injected" OEM key? Would that prevent this from happening?

 

The key you purchased is bogus..only factory machines come with OEM: DM keys.

That was stolen from an OEM PC. If you are lucky you will get a digital licence ad not need that Pro key but use the generic.

 

Ok. what you told me to do with the generic key didnt work, but the PID.txt thing did. I want to delete the windows 10 product key from computers bios so I dont have to worry about this again. I want it to just ask me what to install.

 

I bought the key through bonanza from a seller, quick_deal. I basically googled windows 10 pro and found the deal through google shopping.

 

Then you will have to either solder a new BIOS chip onto the existing motherboard, or replace the motherboard with a retail off the shelf one.

You got what you paid for - a product key that violates MS licensing terms for you to use on your computer. When you pay $15 for a "license" for Windows that retails for $200 - you have to ask why?

 

Did it actually activate?

 

Really? Shit i didn't know anything about that. All I know is that I googled Windows 10 Pro and went to googles shopping section and saw all the offers. This offer was 25 for the key. It seemed legit. I thought i was getting a really good deal. How? I dont know. When we see stuff on sale or cheap, do we really ask why? It seemed legit. Paid through Amazon pay too. Whatever. Atleast now I know.

 

Yea it did. It says Windows Pro and that its activated. The PID.txt file thing worked.

 

Hmmm... I guess that key came from a corporate PC bought, imaged to Win 7 Enterprise without that PC seeing Win 10... many companies do that and leave these keys dormant... even if they upgrade to Win 10 it will be Volume Licence.. thus the key will never be used...

Same happened with the Win 7 COA keys back in the day...

Still it's a fraudulent transaction that needs reporting.

 

Yep, all of our Windows 7 computers in the military used to have Windows 7 Enterprise installed but Windows 7 Pro COA stickers on them.

 

Well, this seller has been selling them for awhile now. I bought the first two months and months ago. You'd think someone would have caught on to it by now and shut it down.

 

Does any of them know the diff. between OEM: DM and retail? My guess is no... they take what they get without cognizance of the validity of which... just because it activates does not make it valid... it's just a stolen unused key!

 

I had no idea. I just thought it was a Win 10 Pro. Thats it. Even though I got a bangin deal on the keys... It's still not fair to me. I bought the keys because I wanted to be legit about it. I could of easily found ways around that. So even though I paid money, Im still not legit. Very disappointing.

 

Well, if you really want to get right down to it, Microsoft says that the only type of Windows 10 that you can purchase to use on a computer that you intend to keep for personal use is a Full Retail license, not an OEM license. OEM "System Builder" licenses are only for installation on a computer that you intend to sell to an end user.

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