Windows 10: Windows deactivated out of the blue !

Dear forum readers,

I just happened minutes ago, I've got an "Activate Windows, Go to settings to activate Windows" watermark, and in the settings it indeed says that I've no product key or digital license.

Problem is, it's wrong. I've been using this laptop since 2014 now without any hardware change (what nears it most it my Nvidia driver update one week ago, but that's something I do every month), upgraded from legit 8.1 to 10 at the time it was free, and suddenly it's not activated any more. Dear MS, I hope you're not seriously expecting me to pay twice the price ? I've no problem with licensing enforcement, as long as it doesn't suddenly remove from my hands something I paid for, in all honesty.

I'm going to reboot to see if it changes anything. I'm somewhat fearful things would become worse if I try to go through the activation procedure since I didn't have to do this in the first place, after all. I would accept linking my digital license to my MS account, as long as it doesn't force me to link my whole admin account as well : I want all my accounts to be local only.

Any advices ? In case it comes from some defective hardware I didn't notice, is there a licensing log I could check that would point me to said hardware ?

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Blue Screen

Hi,





Blue screens could be caused by problems with your computer’s hardware or with its driver. Still, we
would like to know more about the issue. Please clarify the following:

• Did you get a STOP code?
• Did you install any hardware or driver recently?

For basic troubleshooting steps to resolve blue screen errors, we suggest checking out this
article and simply follow the steps.



Feel free to contact us if you need further help.

 

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