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Discus and support Windows 10 requesting Activation when it has been active for 5 years and Troubleshooting in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Afternoon, On Thursday my system prompted and stated Activate Windows and on Friday my Microsoft email/office stopped functioning as well. When I go... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by MarkWelch4, Feb 1, 2020.

  1. MARKWELCH4
    MarkWelch4 Win User

    Windows 10 requesting Activation when it has been active for 5 years and Troubleshooting


    Afternoon,


    On Thursday my system prompted and stated Activate Windows and on Friday my Microsoft email/office stopped functioning as well. When I go to activate it states invalid activation key and directs me to the store. I have had this version installed for several years and now the troubleshooter isn't working and neither is the office troubleshooter. I also cannot go to a past recovery point to fix the issue.


    Can you locate my key when I registered and joined Microsoft, how can I resolve?

    :)
     
    MarkWelch4, Feb 1, 2020
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  2. 95VIPER
    95Viper Win User

    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    How long did you wait for activation?
    When I re-installed with a fresh install... it took a few hours to sync and activate.
    However, it did, finally, activate.
     
    95Viper, Feb 1, 2020
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  3. LIGHTNINGJR
    LightningJR Win User
    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    I did a full clean install of Windows 10 a while back and it will not activate. I didn't do a clean install from Windows 7/8/8.1 it was from Windows 10 (activated) so I expected it to activate just fine since it was fine before hand.

    My Windows 10 license wasn't created from a previous Windows 7/8/8.1 key I got it from signing up to be an insider back in Nov of 2014. I installed a preview build on my laptop from the insider program and it worked just fine and it automatically upgraded to newer and newer preview builds and then to the full release automatically, fully activated and working fine. I did a full clean install not long ago (expect it to go through without issue since it was working before) and now it will not activate and I can't find any info on how to get it to activate and I can't seem to find the insider Windows 10 key.

    Microsoft online support was useless and the gave me the toll free number to tech support.. I am currently on the phone waiting, they said it could be a 1hr 30min wait.. sigh.. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
     
    LightningJR, Feb 1, 2020
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  4. QUBIT
    qubit Win User

    Windows 10 requesting Activation when it has been active for 5 years and Troubleshooting

    Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

    This kinda sucks. However, if one is upgrading from a retail W7/8, then it should activate on different hardware, with possible phone activation required if it's been over 120 days or whatever the timeout period is now since the last activation. Remember to erase the copy on the old hardware, of course.
     
    qubit, Feb 1, 2020
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