Windows 10: windows 10 activation

Hi,
How do I activate win7 upgrade to win10. There is a lot of reading available on line but I did not find a way to do it. I'm eligible via digital entitlement (due to upgrade from win7 but How do this?
Thanks,
Keith

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Windows 10 Unexpected shutdown on start up

OK, so i figured it out myself

Found the logfile in "C:\Windows\Minidump".

You need the Windows Development Kit to open it and a bit of googling to understand it.

Found out that a Daemon driver caused an error. Removed Daemon but this didn't solve it. (ps: Daemon itself worked normally).

I let hibernate my computer again and found another error with sptd2.sys: SCSI Pass Through Direct layer

More google and ended up on the duplexsecure site. Downloaded the W10 version and voila: problem fixed.

For the Windows support team: It would be really helpfull if you could pass problems to a more skilled helpdesk who can do more than proposing the standard solutions in case those won't work.

Cheers

 

Windows 10 Unexpected shutdown on start up

OK, so I also found out that this occurs when sleepmode (for me after 3 hours) changes into hibernate mode.

Seems like the going into hibernate and/or starting up from HIbernate results in a shutdown. In safeboot it works perfectly.

Anyone any idea how I can figure out where it goes wrong. Is there a way to log this (I couldn't find it in bootlog)

 

If you did it within the time of the free upgrade and logged in with a MS account its should have activated it on ts own

 

ok the free upgrade was done before the end of free upgrade. I've not use a MS account in many years. What MS account are you referring to? And should I have a MS account how does that automate win10 activation?

 

You do not need an MS account.

Have you previoulsy upgraded to windows 10 and had it runnuing?

 

Need more detailed info?
You already did the free upgrade from 7 to 10 and activated it, Yes, No?
Now you've done it a second time and it didn't activate, Yes, No?
Same version of Windows on the same PC?

 

I have upgraded to windows 10 from windows 7 three times. I never sought activation, it wasn't clear on how to do same. I have 2 laptops. and upgraded to w10 on both. This pc suffered with nvidia chip set melt down and after replacing the MB I needed to re-install win7 (the OS got buggered) and re-upgraded to windows 10.

 

Use your old Windows 7 key (the one you upgraded to 10).

I built a new PC to replace my old one earlier this week. My old PC had been upgraded from 7 to 10, like yours, and the above method worked for me when activating 10 on my new PC.

 

The Windows 7 free upgrade offer has ended. Semi officially anyway. On paper it's over, unofficially it was extended with no official end date. It may actually finally be over and that's why your install did not activate.
To confirm one way or another got to Settings > Update & security > Activation and see what it says. If it shows not activated click Activate and see what message comes up.

 

Well I tried as you've written use win7 PK but it was not accepted.
Error Code: 0xc004f050

When I go to the activation page it reads: Current prouduct key ****-8HVX7
and it is not a valid PK

That is not anything I've entered, nor are the last 5 readable characters part of my win7 PK

 

****-8HVX7 is a generic 10 Home key. An old generic key as far as I can tell. Generic keys will only activate if there is a Digital License on the activation server. You swapped motherboards so as far as the activation server is concerned, this is a new PC with no pre existing Digital License. Like I said earlier, the free upgrade offer ended on the 29th of July. Microsoft is not obligated to give you a free upgrade to Windows 10 on that hardware.
What version or Windows 7 is your key for? And where did you get that key from? COA sticker?

 

Yes COA sticker on dell pc. I've used win10 for about a year. What does the MB have to do with anything? Win10 activation was never tried, both win7 and win10 were re-installed a couple months ago.
I went to create an MS account to learn that the user name existed, so I had the password emailed to me.
What is my best direction from here?

 

The MB has everything to do with it. Windows licenses and product keys get tied to the motherboard when you use them. The Windows 10 digital license gets tied to the motherboard when a Windows 7 is upgraded. Move a Windows 7 product key from motherboard to motherboard and it can get locked out from automatic online activation.

So....

1. Replace the motherboard, install Windows 10 on it, there will be no digital license stored on Microsoft activation servers for the new motherboard, Windows 10 will not activate via digital license.

2. Attempt to activate that Windows 10 with a Windows 7 product key that has become blocked from automatic online activation due to being used on a previous computer (motherboard) and Windows 10 will not activate.

3. You can call Microsoft technical support and hope they can sort it out for you or

4. You install Windows 7 on the new motherboard. To activate it with the blocked key you must call the Microsoft activation phone number and tell the computer voice that you are installing the blocked key on only one computer. Once Windows 7 is activated on that computer (motherboard), then if Microsoft is still offering the free upgrade you can either upgrade the Windows 7 to Windows 10, or you should be able to use the Windows 7 product key to activate a clean install of Windows 10. Either way should create a digital license for Windows 10 for that motherboard stored on Microsoft activation servers for future retrieval.

 

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