Windows 10: Windows is not Accepting my old Key During Activation

Hi there


i had a window 10 update recently . i think it was from 1803 to 1903 version.

after the update window crashed due to blue screen death. it keeps turning OFF and ON again every few minutes. so i formatted my hard drive and install window 10 ISO program in it.

now window is not accepting my old KEY during activation.

what i have to do now?

pl help

Val


[Original Title: activation]

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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.

 

Acceptable activation serial key

Enterprise doesn't have to be VL activated and can be activated against Microsoft's own Activation servers. Currently my only option is to activate with my legal MAK keys which get a DL.





And as mentioned can be run as a 90 day trial.

 

Activation with old key?


The key was 8.1 retail I bought for the machine I took it from a year back, and updated that same machine to W10 last summer. Hardly overused; only once installed ever.

I tried both the 'original 8.1 key' as reported by ShowKey as well as 'current W10 key' or active or whatever it is...well every key it showed and both were instantly deemed unsuitable keys, it didn't even attempt them. But I used the key I had glued to the old box from the retail and no problem.

This was after W10 was installed. I also tried to give said keys during installation but they weren't accepted there either. But the original 8.1 key it accepted without any issues or phone activation or such.

It was a surprise to me that ShowKey showed completely wrong type keys.