Windows 10: Windows activation problem

Hi all! I recently wiped my main pc and installed linux on it but i still had to use a few windows applications and they don't want to play well in wine. Rather then tinkering with it for a hour or 2, i thought of just installing windows into a virtual machine. So, i got myself a windows 10 iso from ms and installed it on a vm. Now, its asking for a activation key, i thought this would just be tied into my ms account since thats how it was activated before but apparently not. I tried putting in the key i originally used to activate it but its not letting me. I would rather use a legit way of activating windows, trying to avoid going to some shady site to do it. Is this something i would have to contact ms about to fix?

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Problem with my activation in windows 10 - Genuinity

Hi,

Thank you for posting your reply.

I suggest you to activate the copy of Windows 10 via phone by following the steps below:

• Press “Windows key + R” and type “slui 4” and press Enter.
• Select your Region/Country.
• Select the Phone Activation option, and hold on for a real person.

Hope the information is helpful.

Regards

 

activation problem

Hi,

I suggest you to go through Phone activation to activate your Windows 10 copy.

To run Phone activation please follow the steps below:

• 
  Press Windows + R key.
  
• 
  Type slui 4 and hit enter.
  
• 
  Select the Country or
  Region.
  
• 
  Follow the on screen instructions.
  

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have any further related query.



Thank you.

 

Windows 10 1709 System Restore problems...

That seems to be an attempt at Option 2 in the tutorial, which requires you to
a. Boot to a command prompt (Did you?)
b. You then seem to be mixing steps 3,4 and 5, thus your command is incorrect.

I suggest Option 1 is easier.

If you still have problems, please repost listing each specific step and saying which option from the tutorial you are using. Thanks.