Windows 10: Windows 10 Activation

Hi there,


Re-opening an old thread since I need to work on an older laptop amidst this Covid-19 lockdown.


I had a genuine Windows 7 Home Prem OA OEM version, came pre-installed from Dell running on my home PC and then sometime in 2016, it started prompting me to upgrade to Windows 10. There was a shortcut installed on my desktop which had steps to carry out this upgrade. Everything went smooth and I was able to upgrade to Windows 10.


However, sometime in 2017/18, I started getting this watermark on bottom right side of desktop saying that I need to activate my Windows. On going to Settings page, there is a link at the bottom which says, "Windows isn't activated. Activate Windows now."


On clicking this link, it says activation failed. See the screenshot below:





I had a perfectly running Windows 7 and now I'm stuck with this activation problem. Not sure how/why it got upgraded to Win-10 pro version since I had a Win7 Home edition.


I contacted the MS support team, but they were not of much help; they verified that Win7 key is genuine and that the upgrade should have been smooth to Win10 Home ed. The slui 4 command didn't work either.

How do I now go to WIn-10 home edition? I have the Win-7 product key which is pasted at the back of the laptop.


Appreciate some help here which can sort out this issue.

Thanks.


Cheers!!

P

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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Click to expand... Yeah I went to that site, why do I need to buy a key?
I won't buy a key, stupid.

I'll revert back to windows 7 then.

When I still was on windows 7, about a year ago I added 4GB extra ram which is a total of 8GB now,
is that causing the problem?

 

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this search might help you https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sou...o+to+get+it+activated+windows+10+blocked+keys

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