Windows 10: Windows Activation Issues - Upgrade from Windows 10 -> Windows 11

Hi there,I've ran into an issue as part of my update from Windows 10 to Windows 11. I've been dreading the update but given the new features and end of support for W10 I figured it'd be time to sort it out.I bought a Windows 8.1 Pro license a few years ago, which allowed me to then upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for free.That was all fine and worked well, but I then bought a new motherboard, which I then had to go through the fiasco of re-activating my account on that 'New Hardware'Approaching the idea of updating to Windows 11, I realised there's a number of things that I needed to do - namely hav

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Windows 10 upgrade issues on W8.1

thems the brakes unless you completed the upgrade at least once you can't activate windows 8.1
re-partition the drive and reload windows 8 activate it then you should be-able to upgrade
just make sure the partitions are large enough what you described sounds like left over partitioning from windows 7 which is fine for 8 but not 10

 

Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:

• Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
• Try different keyboard or mouse.
• Restart computer, repeatedly.
• Google for related issues.
• Update Bios, because why not.
• Create boot media and revert to windows 7.

The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.

 

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.