Windows 10: Windows activation - Showing Generic key

Hello guys,



I got my new PC assembled few days back from a local hardware shop. Then I bought Windows 10 Home edition from Microsoft store.



Before activating the Windows with the product key I found my PC activating the Windows itself. After searching regarding this issue on the internet and a lot of elbow grease, using slmgr.vbs command on CMD I found the partial key ending with “-8HVX7”, which seems a generic key for Home edition. I have formatted my PC twice now but this key is coming back again and again and Windows is showing activated. How is it possible?



FYI as of now I haven’t used my PC much. Is it a kind of trial period or something? But after this key is back I am able to see all the “Personalization” features.



Thanks

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activate windows 7 oem key

There is no difference between the OEM disc and the Retail disc with Windows 7. A retail disc will accept a OEM or Retail key, and vise versa.

If the OEM Key wasn't going to work with the disc you have, it would have stopped you during the install when it first asked you for the key, not during activation.

What is likely the problem is that, since the OEM version has already been activated once, it is failing activation again. Activate it over the phone using the option given to you on the failed activation screen, and you shouldn't have a problem activating it.

 

Windows Vista activation key generators begin making their way onto the internet

Microsoft has yet another problem on it's hands regarding Windows Vista. Windows Vista, despite all the effort Microsoft put into securing it with various forms of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software, now has key generators (keygens) that can give a pirate a valid key. This is in no way perfect, and is quite time consuming. It simply makes a random string of 25 characters, which the pirate would then subject to Windows activation. If this were to ever catch on as a major fad among pirates, serious problems would arise. The most serious problem to Microsoft would not be the unpaid copy of Windows. Instead, it would be the possibility of a key matching a legal key that hasn't been bought yet.

Source: The Inquirer

 

Activation Key Storage Utility

Key-Z : A Secure Activation Key and Password Storage Utility

Key-Z allows you to store activation keys and passwords in a secure (encrypted)
file. Key-Z also allows you to make cryptographic hashes for strings or files.

Menu Options
File

• Open : Opens a saved Key-Z file. After you select the file you will be prompted
  for your username and PIN number.
• Save : Save the Key-Z file to the last saved location. You will be prompted for a username and PIN number before the file is saved.
• Save As : Select where you would like to save the Key-Z file. You will be prompted for a username and PIN number before the file is saved.
• Close : Close the current Key-Z file and clear all data from the application.
• Print Preview : Preview print output prior to printing.
• Print : Print keys and passwords directly to the default printer.
• Exit : Exit the application

Options

• Set Backup Folder : Allows you to select a location to back-up the Key-Z file
  in addition to where you normally save it.

Help

• Content : Provides a link to this page.
• About : Application information.

Keys Tab
This allows you to enter, modify or delete activation keys.





Filter Groups Dropdown : This allows you to select which group of keys are
displayed in the Keys DataGridView.
Group Dropdown : This allows you to select which group you would like to associate
with an activation key.
Application TextBox : The name of the application for which the key is used.
Keys TextBoxes : This is where you enter the activation key segments. If you
enter a dash "-", your will be taken to the next TextBox automatically. If you
paste a dash seperated key (ie. 1234-1234-1234) into the first TextBox the
program will automatically separate it into segments.
Comments TextBox : For any comments about the key.
Commit Button : This will add the key to the keys DataGridView after performing
some data integrity checks.

Password Tabs
This allows you to create, enter, modify or delete passwords.





Filter Groups Dropdown : This allows you to select which group of passwords are
displayed in the Keys DataGridView.
Group Dropdown : This allows you to select which group you would like to
associate with a password.
Description TextBox : A description saying for what the password is used.
Alphabetic Character Options:
Numeric Character Options:
Special Character Options:
Length:
Must Start With:
Must End With:
The above drop downs are used to set parameters when generating a password.
Generate Password Button : Create a random password based upon the password
option settings.
Commit : This will add the password to the passwords DataGridView after
performing some data integrity checks.

Cryptographic Hashes Tab
This allows you to generate and verify cryptographic hashes created from strings
of files.




Hash Type Dropdown : This allows you to select the type of hash you would like to
generate.
Filename : This allows you to enter a filename (path) to used to create the
cryptographic hash. Check the "string" CheckBox if you want the hash generated
from the text in the TextBox instead of reading the contents of the file.
Generate Hash Button : This generates the hash from the above input. You can
cancel the hash generation using the Stop Button. A spinning icon shows that the
process is running, and when it is complete it will display the hash in the
TextBox below it and also report the time that it took to hash the input.
You can copy and paste a hash string in the second TextBox and it will be
compared to the first to verify the hashes match.

Application Buttons
Save : This will save the key and password information to an encrypted file. You
will be prompted for a file location and name, and also for a username and PIN
number. If you forget your username and/or PIN number there is no way of
recovering the data in the encrypted file.
Exit : This will exit the application.

Additional Information
Adding a group : To add a new group to either keys of passwords simply commit
either using any available group and edit the group name in the DataGridView.
When the Key-Z file is opened it automatically adds the needed groups to the
dropdowns.
Removing a group : Simply remove any keys or passwords for that group and save
the file. When it is re-loaded the group will no longer be available. If you
remove all of the groups, the default set of groups will be re-added when the
file is loaded.

The DataGridViews will be sorted alphabetically (ascending) by group whenever you open a file,
save, print preview or print.

This information is obsolete, please get the latest build you can find at the end of the thread