Microsoft servers are working overtime trying to activate everyone that is upgrading. Maybe the 'clean' reinstalls go to the bottom of the queue and wait their turn.
Angry to find out Group Policy editor isn't avail for Home edition and i got no reason to go Pro for just gpedit.msc. Feels like want to yell the F word..
Is there a way to know which one is CLEAN INSTALL and which one is UPGRADE? Take for example my situation , i had DAZED WIN 7 PRO and i installed on it the WIN 10 ISO from the ESD. How would it make the difference between installing from scractch from and external DVD or USB , and UPGRADING from an MOUNTED ISO image ?
you dont do either now. now you basically reset from with in windows it does its thing and wipes and reinstalls .
personally my question that ive asked time and time again . no one seems to be able to answer. are we truly oem on this build? ya i show latest # but i still have insider options and preview uninstall in update area. everyones been unclear on this. so im going to upgrade my inlaws official means . then look for my self.i really dont wanna have to redo 4 of my machines lol.
Does not matter if it's OEM or Retail, upgrade then clean install, need not put keys in on clean install as it got them during upgrade
Read the FAQ in your sig and from what i gathered i understood that you have 2 ways for clean install 1. Using the reset function in windows 2. Making a recovery drive and boot from it . in the article it says the recovery drive must be an USB, but i guess a DVD should be good to. What they havent said is if you need to format or not the partition with the win install.
Your ISO contains both upgrade and clean install, upgrade you turn computer on, put disk in, upgrade, clean install, put disk in tray, reboot, and press key when it asks only one time, it will ask every time it reboots but hit no keys until you see Win 10
Brainstorm this. Yesterday i got the upgrade and activated it. After i format and reinstalled from scratch it asked for a key , i pressed "Skip this step". After the install finished it kept asking fro a key and saying that my key was not present of invalid. I entered the Windows 10 KMS Client setup key "that ends in T83GX and as much as i tried it didnt activated. I tried the Reset option but even with that the previous key remained inserted.
it couldn't reach the activation servers, it has been happening for the last two days. like i said earlier here if something isn't happening that should be happening leave your pc on and take a nap..more likely than not it will be fine when you return
@Lobo11..just upgraded my desktop..everything looks IDENTICAL to what I have on the laptop..only difference is two things..on the desktop it says I have the CORE version obviously since I installed Windows 10 HOME on it..I see GET INSIDERS BUILDS just like I do on the laptop..same build number same everything..only other thing I see differently is in updates..on the laptop I see under ADVANCED OPTIONS in updates,.Defer Upgrades..but on my Desktop I dont see that option..well if everything is all good I will go ahead and wipe the hard drive clean on my desktop and install windows 10 home and leave the laptop alone
Edition: Windows 10 HOME Activation: Windows is activated The only thing is when I went to update everything got updated(I have an HP Officejet Printer) something about NULL FAX gave me this error 0x80070490 not sure why..but yeah everything is the same between this and the laptop except what I posted above does that mean I should leave the laptop alone Im all good