I am trying to get Windows 10 Enterprise EN_GB x64 Version 10.0 Build 10240) ISO as a PERMANENTLY activated on my pc. No success yet.
Yea but we must keep our hopes up I bet and say theyre not going to waste their time They probably wait till th2 for v7 protocol
please can anyone help me? i from regular insider version upgraded to 10240 and i am activated. now i want make a clean install, have i to do a backup of license? or when i reinstall for clean installation, what serial can i insert for being activated like now??? I hope a help please quote me in answer
Look like Microsoft refuse to activated Windows 10 Enterprise EN_GB x64 Version 10.0 Build 10240) ISO for PERMANENTLY activated as a retail.
It actually makes sense. Think about it. How could they know if your system's hardware matches? How could you do a clean install and have it auto-activate if they didn't modify your registry. That's right: They have to check online with the activation servers.
That's probably because it's NOT retail. We have no indication that MAK will upgrade and keep activation. Only people that also have been on the Insider program should be able to permanently activate Enterprise without a MAK.
From that perspective I think the blocked product keys are retained. It is impossible to activate a clean install as an Insider at the moment(if you failed to upgrade initially).
Telemetry is still collected based on your opt-in level, you can learn more under Settings >Privacy > Feedback & Diagnostics
In the world of OneDrive it doesn't really matter too much even if Microsoft remove the activation status of people who have upgraded from a legitimate Windows 7/8 version to Windows 10 build 10240. The worst case scenario in my case is I simply clean install Windows 8.1 with the key I purchased from Microsoft and then choose the upgrade path they want me to use on the 29th July (I presume it will be the same upgrade GUI version used in the 10240 ESD, but delivered via the GWX app / Windows Update and stored locally). All my documents and data are in the cloud so I can just re-install and I don't waste too much time. The more I use build 10240 the more it does a look a pure RTM candidate. It would only take a few Windows Updates to remove the beta/feedback icons etc. Either way, I'm not too fussed and happy testing it out.
Hi guys, I'm new here. I have a question to asked. Sorry if this is a wrong place to ask. My laptop shipped with Windows 8.1 Core Single Language 64-bit (Lenovo OEM). I already reserved the Windows 10 free upgrade reservation, but I decided to upgrade it now because I want to try it now . So I downloaded the Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit ESD files from this thread, made ISO from it, made bootable USB, and then I ran the setup.exe inside the USB. The installation process goes smoothly and succeeded. At first, the Windows cannot activate because there's an error or something, so I restarted it. Then suddenly my Windows magically activated itself. I checked with slmgr /dlv and slmgr /xpr and it said that my machine is permanently activated. But I noticed something strange. When I ran slmgr /dlv, the description said that I have Windows Operating System RETAIL channel, while I'm sure that before the upgrade (when still Windows 8.1), it said OEM or something like that. So why my Windows changed from OEM to Retail? Also, why my windows product key is changed as well? In slmgr /dlv, the partial product key is very different from my original OEM key before the upgrade. Is the current windows key is only temporary and will it becomes unactivated after the official release date 29th July? Thank you very much .