Windows 10: Licensing/Activation

Hello! I recently swapped out my MOBO & CPU. I've used the media creation tool to reinstall windows, and I figured that using my Windows 10 Pro key would work, however, it hasn't appeared to work out at all. It is a Windows Pro product key, and it should work with Windows 10 Pro. When using the troubleshooter I get a message that I assume to be an error since it says my product key is a Windows 10 Home digital license, which again, it is not. I've tried selecting the "I changed hardware on this device recently," and it doesn't show this device being linked to my Microsoft account, despite being logged into it. Please help.

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Win 10 activation is expiring - volume license


Finally got it activated but still confused as to what is really going on with activation.

here is what I did:

-got another Win7 Pro key from a friend (non volume license one)
-I tried to activate it, but it gave the same error message as before, "could not activate with this key"
-following suggestion above, I tried it a second time. This time it activated !!! (internet was connected both times)

don't know why just doing it 2 times makes it work. maybe someone else can explain that.

I checked it with ShowkeyPlus and to my surprise it now said it was activated and showed the installed key as the generic Win10Pro key that is listed in above post. But I did not enter that key. ????

 

Your Windows license expires on...

Hi Hayurin,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you to check which version of Windows is activated.

Follow the below steps.

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  Go to settings.
  
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  Click on update and recovery.
  
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  Click on Activation.
  
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  And check which version of Windows is activated.
  

If it shows as insider preview then i suggest you to contact Microsoft Phone support as they have the right resources to activate windows 10.

Thank you.

 

How to activate SCCM server license

The SCCM server is already installed. And I am to activate the license but I never had experience.

Could you please provide step by step procedure to activate SCCM server license?