Windows 10: Windows 10 Home Key won't activate

Discus and support Windows 10 Home Key won't activate in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hello, I paid for the windows 10 pro upgrade through the Microsoft store Settings > Activation > Upgrade. When I clicked install, it failed. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by JS Lalonde, Sep 19, 2021.

  1. JS LALONDE
    JS Lalonde Win User

    Windows 10 Home Key won't activate


    Hello, I paid for the windows 10 pro upgrade through the Microsoft store Settings > Activation > Upgrade. When I clicked install, it failed. I restarted my PC, it did an update updated features and when I logged back in I now have Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows is not activated.I logged in to my Microsoft account, entered the product key for Windows 10 Home that I purchased September 2019 and it does not work. There doesn't seem to be any way for me to contact Microsoft which is infuriating because now not only did I pay for the upgrade, but my original key no longer works. The pr

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    JS Lalonde, Sep 19, 2021
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  2. THELOSTSWEDE
    TheLostSwede Win User

    Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

    Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

    As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.
     
    TheLostSwede, Sep 19, 2021
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  3. SILKSTONE
    silkstone Win User
    Windows 10 activation question

    You get assigned a new Key in Win10 when upgrading. It looks like it might follow the same channel as your original Key. My WMC key was retail channel and my Win 10 Key shows as retail too. Hopefully that means I won;t have to worry too much when upgrading my PC.
     
    silkstone, Sep 19, 2021
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  4. P4-630
    P4-630 Win User

    Windows 10 Home Key won't activate

    DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 10 NOW - Upgrade and ISO direct from microsoft

    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?
     
    P4-630, Sep 19, 2021
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