Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro Key

Hi everyone,

I bought a second hand laptop a few months ago which has Windows 10 Pro installed. In the last few days I've had the message saying 'Your Windows license will end soon' and that I need to activate Windows. The person I bought the laptop off of was legitimate as far as I could tell I do my research, but the laptop came in a replacement box. When looking into how to retrieve the Windows 10 Pro product key it seems that the box would've had that information. Is there any other way for me to get hold of a product key without having to buy one? And if I don't reactivate, will it just downgrade me to Windows 10 Home?

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windows 10 key

Thanks but I don't want to do any decrypting. I want to download a Win 10 ISO from Microsoft and install it using my Win 8 key. No other steps required. Is that possible?

 

windows 10 key

I just did a deployment last night with a fresh 10 install using the newest ISO and a 7 Pro key, worked like a charm. Glad yours worked for you as well. *Toast :toast:

 

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.