Windows 10: my windows wont activate

ive just reinstalled windows using the settings app, which is now exceptionally convoluted, and after the whole thing is finished i find that i cant setup all the sewttings as im not activated and it wont activate. ive owned windows for years, upgraded to 11 a year or more ago and now windows or microsoft have lost my product key. i thought they were supposed to be perpetualinteresting way to bully you into paying for a new keydont get this on machelp anyone, windows support seems to resemble screeming into the void with some telling you to just do these steps that didnt work the last 500 tim

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Windows 7 wont install drivers

+1

If you having an issue installing a driver that worked before you formatted or wont install on a fresh build, sometimes this means hardware damage

 

Windows 10 Wont Activate after upgrade

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

“Due to high demand for Windows 10 globally, few of us may experience a temporary delay in activation. For Activation Errors
“0xC004C003 or 0Xc004F050” request you to wait for 24 hours and Windows 10 should activate automatically without any issue on your machine.”

As a work around I suggest you follow the below steps to activate a couple of activation issues.

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  Push the start button
  
• 
  Type Settings
  
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  Navigate to Update and Security
  
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  Click on Activation
  

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Windows 10 wont update

Have you tried the second step?

(Searching for the error message e.g.

windows update database corrupt

is also a useful approach- e.g. finds
Win 10 Update Database Corruption Solved - Windows 10 Forums
- where the next step is the one I suggested above).