Windows 10: Windows 10 - Activation

I have a HP Stream PC13 which has 35 GB HD and 2GB of RAM - so things that go on it have to be watched. I bought it in May to use for studying for myself. It had Windows 8.1 and I reserved Windows 10. I thought I activated Win 8.1 which was on it, but I can't be sure. I tried 4 times unsuccessfully to load Win 10 from a USB within win 8.1 put on there using the MS Media Creation Tool 64. Finally I loaded Win 10 by using the HP Utility to boot up from the USB Drive. Now the software is asking for a Product Activation Key. I finally went to the MicroSoft Store and they found my Old Key in the Registry. When I used it Windows 10 won't Activate. I am not sure I activated if I did win 8.1 correctly, but the registry has a key. It will cost me time and $50.00 to get a Win 8.1 restore USB from HP. It will cost $119.00 to get a Product Activation Key from MS. I am getting an error 0xc004f050. I read to obtain a tool in some of the windows 10 forum entries and that error could be corrected by that utility. I went and did it and it corrupted my install. I asked for a refund. I am not trying to point any fingers, I am just trying to solve this issue. What is the most cost effective way to solve this mess? Also I read through a lot entries before I asked this.

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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)

 

Oh dear ,It looks like you've tried to clean install without upgrading first.
.Hopefully your notebooks recovery partition is still intact so you should be able to recover it to the state it was in when you first bought.
It looks like its just a matter of unplugging the ethernet cable if its attached, plug in the power supply and start the notebook , as soon as it starts tap the F11 key to get to the recovery screen.
View the appropriate video on here HP PCs - Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 8) | HP® Customer Support

 

Google and find Windows 8 or 8.1 OEM ISO and make an install DVD. It doesn't have to be for your specific computer, it can just be plain vanilla Windows 8 or 8.1. Install Windows 8/8.1 using the DVD. Google slmgr to see all the commands available - specifically you want slmgr /ato (online activation) slmgr /dlv (see detailed license information) and slmgr /xpr (to see expiration information). Once you are sure you have a properly activated Windows 8/8.1 then use the Windows 10 Media Creation tool to upgrade to Windows 10. If you are asked for a Windows 10 key during the install/upgrade process, click the tiny print that says "Skip", "Skip this step", or "Do this later" ( or something similar). If you have problems with Windows 10 activating, after a few days, call the Microsoft Activation help number.

I have a Windows 8 OEM install disk that I made from an ISO, but I can't remember where I got it from because it was so long ago.