Windows 10: Unable to activate windows 10 after upgrading from 8.1

I have upgraded my pc to windows 10 from 8.1 thinking that evrything is all good, then i find that i get a messege saying “activate windows in settings”


first time i was fine with it, i rented the 8.1 product key (as this is the only one i have) and it said that the activation servers are not avalable at this moment,

i try again a few hours later, same problem, and again and again, the same problem (error code 0x80072EE7)


i find it really annoying when i know that windows 8.1 was fully licensed and that windows 10 dosen’t like it.


worst mistake ever to upgrade, now i have to complete with this stupid overlay saying “activate windows, go to setting to activate widows”


complately stupid

and a wast of time


If there however a way to fix this? Or do i need to buy windows 10?

:)

 

Unable to Activate Win 8

I got Win 8 isntalled on my file server, but I am unable to activate it with the key. Says the key is invalid. Since I work at microsoft I got a retail version from the employee store. I have been doing some reading, and to be able to activate Win8 with the key there needs to be a previous version of Windows installed for it to work. WTF, so you can't do clean installs?

And the box says nothing about Upgrade version. Straight Windows 8 Pro.

 

Unable to Activate Win 8

im doing a little work around real quick that i just found.

And that fixed it.

What I did:

1.In Windows 8, open the Registry Editor
2.Search for MediaBootInstall and set the value to 0.
3.Open an elevated command prompt (run as administrator) and enter:
slmgr /rearm
4.If you get an access denied error message, you’re not running the command prompt with administrator privileges
5.Restart the computer
6.Open a command prompt and enter:
slui 3
7.Enter your Windows 8 upgrade license key and activate it
8.Done!

 

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From http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/why-activate-windows-10

If you upgraded to Windows 10 for free and ended up in a non-activated state, try following these steps:

• Go to Start
  
  , then select Settings > Update & security > Activation.
• Select Go to Store, and check to see if a valid license is available for your device. If a license isn't available, you'll need to buy Windows from the Store.
  
  Note
  • This only applies if you haven't made changes to the hardware for your device.

or you could hack it with a crack but please note this is always risky and you don't know what's in the hack