Windows 10: Need some help trying to activate Windows 10 etc.!

Alright, so the other day I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1. I reserved a copy of Windows 10 and was notified when the update was ready. I upgraded and everything was fine and dandy, but I didn't like Windows 10 much at first so I reverted back to Windows 8.1. When I went back to 8.1 I immediately regretted the decision and wanted 10 back. I thought that since I'd already used the free upgrade there was no way back, so I downloaded the media creation tool for Windows 10 and loaded that to a USB and tried that method. Once I got to the part where I had to enter a product key I was stuck, I didn't have a key... so I tried using my windows 8.1 key, that didn't work. I found this key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T and it worked, I installed Windows 10.... But what I didn't realize was that Windows 10 wasn't activated and that the product key was blocked, and it said my version of windows wasn't a genuine version and that I'd have to buy a key. I mean yeah Windows 10 works alright but I would prefer for it to be activated. Is there any way I can activate it? Also I can't even go back to Windows 8.1 again in the recovery menu to try reserve a free copy again using 8.1. I'm really not sure what to do. Is there any other way to get back to 8.1 to get a genuine upgrade of Windows 10 again? Thanks in advance.

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need of some help with activation

Hello Stevene,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Usually Windows 10 automatically gets activated when it is upgraded from genuine Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or Windows 8.1 Update which is activated before.
If you upgrade to Windows 10 for free and ended up in a non-activated state, try following these steps:

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  Go to Start , then select Settings > Update & security > Activation.
  
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  If your activation state says Connect to the Internet to activate Windows, it might mean you're not connected to the Internet or the activation servers are busy.
  
  If you're connected to the Internet, Windows 10 will be automatically activated. You can also select Activate to try and manually activate Windows. If the activation servers are busy, you might need to wait
  a while and then try again later.
  
• 
  If your activation state says Windows is not activated, select Go to Store, and check to see if a valid license for Windows is available for your device.
  

If it doesn't help, please follow the below furnished steps to activate windows through phone and see if it helps:

* Open run command by pressing
Windows + R and type “slui 4”(without quotes) and hit enter.

* Select the country/region
from the drop down menu, and then click Next .

* Dial toll free number provided there and follow the instructions from the telephone system and write down the confirmation ID.

* Enter the confirmation ID numbers into fields A through H, in the same sequence as the telephone system provided them. When done, click
Activate.

* You can see the confirmation pop-up message on successful activation.

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.

 

need of some help with activation

Hello I would really appreciate some help with this as the title suggests i need help activating windows. However it's a windows that has already been activated well over 2 years now and seeing this annoying mark on my display every time i turn my PC on
is... Not that great i run a Windows 10 64 bit home edition upgraded to by a windows 8.1 64 bit and i like windows 10 like a lot however i like to have it activated would be grateful for some advice thanks a lot

 

Do a clean install from the disc and skip the part that asks you to enter the key.

You have already installed Windows 10 and activated it, so Microsoft will have your activation ID on it's servers.

Activation will happen automatically this time. No key required.

 

I've tried clean installing windows 10 again but there is no option to skip the product key part.

 

Try again.
It's very small and you may have missed it.
Look on the bottom of the screen.

 

Make sure you are installing the correct version as well. You need to re-install the same version you upgrade to. If that was home, then install home. If that was pro, install pro.

 

Okay cool, I'm currently clean installing again

 

Good luck. Let us know how it goes... *Smile

 

Though I'm not really sure what my version of windows 10 was when I got the free upgrade. I had Windows 8.1 OEM before I upgraded.

 

This could be tricky.
I'm guessing that you had Windows 8.1 Home before and that you downloaded the same version of Windows with the media creation tool.
If your installation doesn't work then download and install the 'Pro' version of Windows 10.

Also - for the clean install are you booting directly into the USB device (you should be) or installing the upgrade/install AFTER you boot into Windows?

The clean install works best when you boot into the USB stick and begin the process from there.
This will (99%) mean that you have to enter the BIOS of your system to change the boot order.

 

Is there a tutorial I could follow because maybe i'm not clean installing right.

 

It's difficult to do a step-by-step because we don't have enough information about your set-up.

FIRST, you'll want to put the USB set up drive that you've created into a USB slot.
Boot into the BIOS of your computer.
Look for 'boot options'.
Select the USB flash drive and move it up to first place.
Save changes and exit.

Good luck!

 

See if this helps https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

It worked thank you!