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Discus and support Windows 10 install - key never asked for. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I never said you type your Windows 7 or 8.1 key when asked for a key, but you can tell the Microsoft representative if he asks you for that when... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by mrg9999, Oct 2, 2015.

  1. spapakons Win User

    Windows 10 install - key never asked for.


    I never said you type your Windows 7 or 8.1 key when asked for a key, but you can tell the Microsoft representative if he asks you for that when activating by phone. Obviously he will ask you for some proof that you have a genuine previous Windows key and that you quality for a free respective (from Home to Home or Pro to Pro) Windows 10 key, before giving you the activation code. This procedure is done automatically for OEM computers as the key is stored in BIOS and can be checked by Windows Setup for validity. So if one has a genuine key of a previous Windows version he qualifies for install Windows 10 free at his computer either by upgrade or clean install. That's what I mean. Of course he cannot just type this key when asked for a key during setup! If he does a clean install he will simply skip entering a key and then activate by phone. During Windows activation by phone the Microsoft representative will tell him to type a key. That's the way it was done in Vista, 7 and 8, I have activated by phone many systems, I'm a technician.
     
    spapakons, Oct 7, 2015
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  2. NavyLCDR New Member

    What you were mistaken about, spapakons, is Windows 10 checking anywhere, including the bios / motherboard, for previous operating system Product Keys. It doesn't do that. At all. At any stage of installing or upgrading. It does probably check for a Windows 10 Product Key stored in bios - but if it doesn't find a Windows 10 Product Key, it completely ignores any and all other Product Keys.

    It has been explained many times what Windows 10 does check for.
     
    NavyLCDR, Oct 7, 2015
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  3. spapakons Win User
    That doesn't change the fact that you can do a clean installation, skip entering a key and then activate by phone. You have to tell Microsoft that you have a genuine earlier version, so you are entitled to get Windows 10 for free. When skipping the key, there is a risk installing the wrong version (eg Pro while your previous version was Home) and then not being able to activate it. Assuming one knows what he is doing and choses the correct version, he can then call Microsoft and activate by phone. The representative will ask for proof that he has a genuine previous version, hence the need for the earlier key I mentioned.
     
    spapakons, Oct 7, 2015
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Windows 10 install - key never asked for.

    And that would be correct; IF the Microsoft rep is willing to do it. Most of the times in the past they have told the customer to go back and install their previous OS and upgrade from it.
     
    NavyLCDR, Oct 7, 2015
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  5. spapakons Win User
    That's a risk to take, but a clean installation is no trouble done again, except for time consuming. You don't have to backup anything, just format and do it. So if you are lucky enough and Microsoft activates your installation by phone, then OK. Otherwise you will have to devote a couple of hours to install Windows 8.1 first and then 10. C' est la vie, as French say, or $h1t happens, as English say.
     
    spapakons, Apr 4, 2018
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