Windows 10 Pro activated itself with generic key

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  1. lobo11

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    #21 lobo11, Jun 8, 2016
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    #22 lobo11, Jun 8, 2016
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    Bring up Admin Cmd Prompt
    type winver
    press enter key on keyboard
    is it Home or Pro version, if it's Pro your very lucky
     
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  3. fsound

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    #23 fsound, Jun 8, 2016 (OP)
    It says "pro". I don't want a buggy Windows :(
     
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    #24 fsound, Jun 8, 2016
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    Another screenshot:
    Code:
    Output of "slmgr /dlv": i.imgur.com/Ghg9mgJ.png
     
  5. lobo11

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    #25 lobo11, Jun 8, 2016
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    I think you confused the activation servers, but it's cool:D
     
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  6. PhaseDoubt

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    #26 PhaseDoubt, Jun 8, 2016
    And based on my dealings with Microsoft over the last twenty years or so, they'll figure this out sooner or later.
     
  7. Bat.1

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    #27 Bat.1, Jun 8, 2016
    I'll take the School Key since He's not using it :D
     
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  8. lobo11

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    #28 lobo11, Jun 8, 2016
    After they see this thread and where ever else he may have talked about this, may wake up one morning with Home (OEM)o_O
     
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  9. fsound

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    #29 fsound, Jun 8, 2016 (OP)
    I would love to see, Microsoft fixes this bug. Like I wrote: my friend has got a Pro key! That's why we used the generic key: to switch from Home to Pro.

    Since Windows 10 installer detected OEM Home key, we were not able to select "Pro" during installation and it's not possible to switch from OEM Home to Retail Pro by Anytime Upgrade.
     
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    #30 ciger, Jun 8, 2016
    Win 10 PRO Retail & Volume License Edition With a Digital Entitlement Activation

    XXXX://xxx.***********.com/topic/249501-windows-10-rtm-activation-via-phone-or-kms/?page=193#comment-1095273
     
  11. fsound

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    #31 fsound, Jun 8, 2016 (OP)
    The described way is using illegal keys ... I'm not!
     
  12. lobo11

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  13. PhaseDoubt

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    #33 PhaseDoubt, Jun 8, 2016
    Yeah, sort of a variation of, “Loose lips sinks ships.”
     
  14. fsound

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    #34 fsound, Jun 8, 2016
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    Seems like this software is outdated:
    Code:
    ://i.imgur.com/iQaSb7A.png
    Edit: please stop to send me hundret of applications for diagnosis, which all tell the same ;)
     
  15. fsound

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    #35 fsound, Jun 9, 2016 (OP)
    I did ... just have a look in this thread. But what's the sense of running hundrets of applications just to verify that I'm using a generic key? :)
     
  16. lobo11

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    #36 lobo11, Jun 9, 2016
    I am just trying to figure out how you went from OEM 8.1 to Win 10 Pro with generic key:D
     
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    #37 CaptainKirk1966, Jun 9, 2016
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    Just changing to the generic -3v66t will trigger an upgrade from Win 10 Home to Pro. I have done it several times. The Win 10 Pro you get when the all of dust settles would ordinarily not be activated, unless MS had recorded your hwid from a previous 7 or 8.x Pro to 10 Pro upgrade.
     
  18. lobo11

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    #38 lobo11, Jun 9, 2016
    He never had a 8.1 Pro, 8.1 Home OEM to Win 10 Home OEM-entered generic key-now activated Win 10 Pro-Never had anything Pro on before:confused:
     
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    #39 CaptainKirk1966, Jun 9, 2016
    Something fishy. We don't really know the entire history of that "friend's notebook".
     
  20. lobo11

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    #40 lobo11, Jun 9, 2016
    Or the schools Pro key:D
     
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