Don't know if anybody else is having this Problem, but I have a weird issue on 10240: I'm currently checking out x64 Enterprise, and as soon as the MTK is present on the system drive (or attached USB drive and you navigate to the folder), the OS will hang and not respond anymore and needs to be force restartet. If I remove the file, everything works again...
me either, I am royally p*ssed, lol..... I was activated, left my machine like that all day, then later in the evening I decided to do some updates, it was mostly a few driver updates and that security update well driver updates went fine but the security update came back as unable to be installed for some reason, then it went to unactivated! and I couldn't activate.....I tried to clean install again thinking it was some weird goof up, still not activated I think this morning I am going to put back 8.1 then upgrade, see what happens, surely they can't change my activation now from a legit 8.1! LOL
Why did MS remove activation for 10166 so quickly? Wanted to install it in VMWare again to upgrade to 10240, but can't activate it
It *could* be Windows Defender kicking in. Try disabling it in gpedit and see if that helps. I've just tried copying MTK to a few places around the system drive and others and it's not doing so for me, and I have Defender turned off.
guys. i am a member of insider program and i received build 10240 in my windows update and did upgrade to build 10240, but activation gone. do you know why?!
Doesn't happen on my other machines either always. Two are affected, two aren't. Doesn't help that the registry fix still needs applied to even get photo viewer in the first place of course.
This build isn't the RTM seem MS is just letting systems activate on build 10240 that are already activated, If all computers running build 10240 are on the same product key it will make it easier for MS to black list the key when the RTM hits on the 29th.
There is no actual "keylogger" and there never was. Cortana did read your typing and speech, writing etc if you let it. Turn off all telemetry gathering (this MAY be Enterprise only that you can) and Cortana in gpedit and you should be good.
You obviously upgraded from a clean installed insider build and not from an insider build, which had been upgraded from your original OS (Win7 or Win8/8.1).
I have read through all 227 pages of this thread and I'm sure no one is going to believe me. I clean installed Pro x64 from WhiteDeath's iso. I don't remember the last build in which I had logged in with my MSA. While installing and in OOBE both, I skipped entering the key but logged in with my MSA. Viola! The build was activated and even after installing all the updates it shows mine as a retail installation which is permanently activated. My laptop came with Windows 8 OEM Single Language, where I don't remember ever using a MSA. slmgr says that my key ends with 3V66T.
no, i upgraded from build 10166 to build 10240. from windows update. build 10166 was activated. but when I upgrade to build 10240 activation gone.
So you don't agree with the popular opinion that this is RTM and some spit and polish will be added in General Availability release on 29th? With an update rollup and/or new ISO's? Didn't someone post proof that it had indeed RTM'd - MS had sent it to OEM's?
Previous insider builds have shown that same "This machine is Permanently Activated" when executing slmgr /xpr The noticeable difference in 10240 is that winver no longer shows a time bombed expiry date.
Okay. Asking for the 3rd time. HAS ANYONE TRIED TO UPGRADE FROM WINDOWS 8.1 PRO ACTIVATED WITH WMC KEY AND STAYED ACTIVATED AFTER UPGRADE?
Does anyone have both the x64 and x86 versions of ZH-HK RTM .esd(s)? Much appreciated! I have been looking for this over the past 2 days.