Windows 10: pc cleaner not activated for want of license key

I could not activate the pc cleaner despited payment made. provide licnese key to activatePious Thobias

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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. ????

 

Windows License Key / Windows Activation

[table][tr][td]Windows is not activated[/td][td]

• You are not activated.
• You will see an error message explaining the failure.
• You might need to purchase Windows 10 to activate.

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I kinda did all the possible troubleshooting listed in the other threads ( btw this problem is waaay more common than necessary)

The fact is that the 1st year i used this pc without any problems. The pc was bought brand new.

Edit: In bios it seems that instead of the license key i found written '' NO DPK''

 

How to untie pc from Windows 10 license on activation server

Go to Settings > Update & Security > Activation and see what it says.
My "My Visual Studio Enterprise" subscription keys are Retail keys. They still activate with a Digital License. And the product code in use changes to the generic key for that edidtion.
And once I have that Digiatl License I can skip entering any key at all. I only even have to use that key once for the very first activation. I can enter it again if I want, still activates with the digital license and switches to the generic key.
Most of my PC's now have multiple Digital Licenses for just about every edition of Windows 10 except N and KN. I don't enter any key, pick an Edition to install from the list, and they activate with a Digiatl license.