Windows 10: Windows 10 serial on OEM

OK, did that tablet ship with Windows 8/8.1 pre installed? If yes that is weird? Maybe CoreConnected is the With Bing edition or something? Post that info in the showkey thread and superfly should be able help you figure it out.
https://www.tenforums.com/software-ap...7-showkey.html

 

I wonder if that is the problem? Attempting to install English-US Windows 10 Home, if the original Windows 8.1 was 8.1 with Bing (we know that part) but the language was Chinese and just had an English language pack installed?

Yes, Core Connected means with Bing.

 

It is probably so, as I managed to change the language in italian (as I am from Italy) but some parts of Windows remained in chinese.
Is this a problem?

 

I don't think its a problem. As far as I know the keys are version specific but not language specific. This USB Pen, did it come with the PC or bought separate? I'm getting confused now?

 

The Teclast X98 Air 3G (brand and model of my tablet) I got had Android KitKat + Windows 8.1 with Bing preinstalled (directly from factory).
With "stored in USB pen" I just mean that I saved a txt file with the serial number on a USB pen, nothing to shar with windows install *Smile

 

OK, I got you now. I thought it might have been an install thumb drive that came with it, of bought separately. Now I understand.

 

Looks like Core Connected is the With Bing edition. That's the info I'm getting from your post in the showkey thread. I would try to keep all your posts on this subject in this thread now if you can. Makes things easier if it's all in one place. What Kyhi suggested there I'm pretty sure you already tried. Install Home with skip entering a key and try entering your product code. Does the product code you pulled with Belarc advisor match what showkey is showing? If they don't use the one showkey shows and try typing that one in. Utilities like Belarc pull the key from the windows registry. That key doesn't always match the OEM BIOS key. The one to trust is the one showkey gives you.

 

I really appreciate your commitment Alpha, thank you very much!
Now this is the situation. At the moment on the tablet there is Windows 8.1 HOME NOT ACTIVATED (I skipped entering the serial).
I used ShowKeyPlus on that system and it did not recognize any serial in bios, the serial shown anyway, was not matching with the one saved. So I don't know which serial would be shown in Windows 10, does it worth a try?

 

Can you please post a screen shot of showkey. Just click the product codes so its X'd out. Here are the in's and outs of retrieving keys. Most key finding utilities pull the key from the registry. That key will be the key in use. Basically the key for what ever OS is running right now. For me my BIOS has an OEM embedded key for 8.0 Core, but I'm running 10 Pro with a digital entitlement. Belarc etc will just show me my 10 Pro generic key, not the OEM key. showkey shows you both, if they are there. That's why I recommend using it instead. If your trying to backtrack like you are the Belarc key is useless. It's the current Windows 10 key that won't activate. If your PC came with Windows 7 showkey will report OEM marker present in the firmware (BIOS). If it came with 8 from the factory it will show the OEM embedded key. If there is no OEM embedded key, what keys show up depends on whether an upgrade was done or a clean install was done. Installed key is the current key in use, original key (if there) is the key from the OS you upgarded from, OEM key is the embedded key or Windows 7 OEM key. If you read through the showkey thread it will make sense. On this PC all I see is Installed key, my Windows 10 key and the OEM key. I did a clean install so there is no original key displayed. It would be the same as the installed key. The big pain in the but with the With Bing edition is finding install media. I can't even get that ISO on MSDN. Microsoft just tells you to go to the OEM that soled you the PC for it. You can't get it on the Media Creation tool either. Ironically, I think, if you had upgraded, you would have gotten an activated 10 Home. But doing a clean install won't accept that key. Just a hunch at this point.