Hi. I have upgraded my Win 7 (Daz Loader) to Win 10 and it`s been activated correctly without any problem. I recently bought a new SSD and clean installed same Win10 ISO by using the USB boot. Now win 10 says that it cant activate this copy of windows because my product key is blocked! I didn't enter product key while i clean install but skipped all. I checked this sticky thread about activation issues and tried few slmgr commands but it didnt help at all. It returns with some kind of error mentioning "Windows non core edition, try slui..."; forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/64667-Windows-10-Covering-all-ACTIVATION-Processes-and-Checking Can anyone help me about how to fix this problem?
Clean install the same version which you upgraded to i.e. Win 10 home or pro. Use correct ISO to install.
If you change the HDD need to re-activate (not 100% sure about this). On clean install, SKIP in the OOBE when ask for the key (2 times in total)
I have used the correct ISO, in fact the very same ISO when i upgraded from Win7 to Win10 (activated successfully) I have skipped both. I will try the tricks mentioned in this thread now; forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/64770-How-to-upgrade-from-W7-8-1-without-to-go-through-the-upgrade-process-itself-with-ease/page12 If it doesnt work, then i am out of ideas!
What edition is Windows 7? Pro/Ultimate, or else? Could you run slmgr /dlv to see if edition matches? [Note] WIN7 Pro/Ultimate > WIN10 Pro Else > WIN10 Home [Trouble-shoot] If matched: start over for the new SSD If not: start over for wrong edition Sorry... Edit: If matched, and you know about dual-boot, you can install WIN7/8.1 to other partition and get GenuineTicket.xml. Then use this ticket to activate the running Windows 10 as described in forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/64770-How-to-upgrade-from-W7-8-1-without-to-go-through-the-upgrade-process-itself-with-ease
I had Win7 Ultimate, activated by Daz Loader. I have successfully upgraded to Win10 Pro a month ago by using the ISO downloaded by Microsoft tool and then activated successfully in the 1st boot. Today i have used the very same ISO to perform a clean install on my new SSD (all the hardwares are same except the new SSD) by booting from USB drive. I have installed it successfully but when i click activate now, it returned with an error code saying "this product key is blocked"! It shows the last 4 digit of the generic Win10 Pro key despite that i have never entered any key during install. Edit; I dont know if it matters or not but i forgot to plug in the USB wifi during Win-10 install, so it couldnt check the activation stuff during that. Then i connected to internet after the 1st boot and immediately clicked "activate now" in settings, you know the rest...
I did this but without installing Win7. I have booted my PC from the old HDD where my activated Win10 exists and i ran the file in the Win10 install USB, generated the GenuineTicket.xml, copied into the directory in my new SSD with non-activated Win10, then i have booted from the SSD and voila, "Windows is activated"! I think this GenuineTicket.xml trick is the best way to resolve activation problems. I am gonna keep that file for future and i recommend everyone to do that just in case you decide to perform clean install in the future. Thanks for the response
Just the last few days I 'upgraded' 2 PC's from Friends to Windows 10. Both were using pirated Windows, one W7 and one W8.1! The upgrade just went fine and get activated with no problems. Than I done on both machines a clean install of Windows 10 Pro and both wasn't get activated again! The 'work around' for that problem, I done a clean install of Windows 7 and 8.1 again, used DAZ Loader and MTK for to activate, and upgraded those machines to Windows 10 Pro, which were activated automatically. My friends using the computers now with no problem! That seems to show, that an 'normal' upgrade from older version will works with no problems regarding activation, but, if used an pirated older OS, those activation will work on the upgrade only but clean install after that! I hardly 'deal' with pirated software at all, just do some testing for very short time or help some people but for my own!
Congrates. BTW, the GenuineTicket.xml will expire after 29/07/16. The next step for you might be an image backup - with/without sysprep.
But M$ has promised that upgrade is for Lifetime of the device (validity) and HWID will be stored in their servers for re-activation after clean install - As far I know.
Yes, you are right about that. But we were talking about the validity of GenuineTicket.xml after 29/07/2016.
Is this issue specifically related with GenuineTicket.xml trick or are you talking about general Microsoft policy? If it`s only for the ones who used GenuineTicket.xml trick, then can you explain why this is the case? I assume someone will eventually figure it out about how to fix those annoying activation issues and that 1 year support thing by creating something like Daz Loader for Win 10. If not, then i will uninstall Win 10 for good and permanently move to Linux Mint!
I could try my best to help you with activation of your free Windows 10. But I can do nothing about MSFT one-year free upgrade policy.