How to activate windows 10

[xBaeCon]

I installed a free version of windows 10 pro from a tutorial I found on YouTube. https://youtu.be/SKbR6XT7fcA
Everything worked and I now want to activate windows seeing all of the benefits. My question is, will everything I have already done be okay and can someone show me a good cheap why to get and activation code? Thank you!

 

[USAFRet]

I installed a free version of windows 10 pro from a tutorial I found on YouTube. https://youtu.be/SKbR6XT7fcA
Everything worked and I now want to activate windows seeing all of the benefits. My question is, will everything I have already done be okay and can someone show me a good cheap why to get and activation code? Thank you!

1. There is no "cheap" Windows 10 license. It costs what it costs.

2. You activate it by purchasing a valid OS license.
About $85-$100.

You won't lose your current install.
Just apply the license key you purchase.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $92.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-06 13:00 EST-0500
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $138.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-06 13:04 EST-0500

 

[bignastyid]

There is no "free" version of windows 10. You simply installed win 10 pro and are running it unactivated, it can run like this for a long time(possibly indefinitely unless Microsoft changes their minds) but you will have a watermark and some personalization features will not work till you activate.

A genuine windows key sold by an authorized seller is not going to be cheap. Win 10 pro costs $130-140. There are grey key sites that are not authorized resellers and are sketchy at best with many stories of bad keys and run around there are none I would recommend. If you buy a key and have issues Microsoft will offer no assistance other than to say is a bad key.

Any reason why you need the Pro version? Most users don't need features like domain, group policy and Bitlocker. 10 Home is usually ~$40 cheaper than the Pro version, but it would require reinstalling.

 

[xBaeCon]

I installed a free version of windows 10 pro from a tutorial I found on YouTube. https://youtu.be/SKbR6XT7fcA
Everything worked and I now want to activate windows seeing all of the benefits. My question is, will everything I have already done be okay and can someone show me a good cheap why to get and activation code? Thank you!

1. There is no "cheap" Windows 10 license. It costs what it costs.

2. You activate it by purchasing a valid OS license.
About $85-$100.

You won't lose your current install.
Just apply the license key you purchase.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $92.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-06 13:00 EST-0500
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $138.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-06 13:04 EST-0500

 

[xBaeCon]

There is no "free" version of windows 10. You simply installed win 10 pro and are running it unactivated, it can run like this for a long time(possibly indefinitely unless Microsoft changes their minds) but you will have a watermark and some personalization features will not work till you activate.

A genuine windows key sold by an authorized seller is not going to be cheap. Win 10 pro costs $130-140. There are grey key sites that are not authorized resellers and are sketchy at best with many stories of bad keys and run around there are none I would recommend. If you buy a key and have issues Microsoft will offer no assistance other than to say is a bad key.

Any reason why you need the Pro version? Most users don't need features like domain, group policy and Bitlocker. 10 Home is usually ~$40 cheaper than the Pro version, but it would require reinstalling.

If I do reinstall to win home, everything will be okay?

 

[bignastyid]

There is no "free" version of windows 10. You simply installed win 10 pro and are running it unactivated, it can run like this for a long time(possibly indefinitely unless Microsoft changes their minds) but you will have a watermark and some personalization features will not work till you activate.

A genuine windows key sold by an authorized seller is not going to be cheap. Win 10 pro costs $130-140. There are grey key sites that are not authorized resellers and are sketchy at best with many stories of bad keys and run around there are none I would recommend. If you buy a key and have issues Microsoft will offer no assistance other than to say is a bad key.

Any reason why you need the Pro version? Most users don't need features like domain, group policy and Bitlocker. 10 Home is usually ~$40 cheaper than the Pro version, but it would require reinstalling.

If I do reinstall to win home, everything will be okay?

You'd have to do a clean reinstall which will wipe everything on the C: drive. If you want to keep evrything like it is then you'd need to buy the more expensive 10 Pro key.

 

[xBaeCon]

There is no "free" version of windows 10. You simply installed win 10 pro and are running it unactivated, it can run like this for a long time(possibly indefinitely unless Microsoft changes their minds) but you will have a watermark and some personalization features will not work till you activate.

A genuine windows key sold by an authorized seller is not going to be cheap. Win 10 pro costs $130-140. There are grey key sites that are not authorized resellers and are sketchy at best with many stories of bad keys and run around there are none I would recommend. If you buy a key and have issues Microsoft will offer no assistance other than to say is a bad key.

Any reason why you need the Pro version? Most users don't need features like domain, group policy and Bitlocker. 10 Home is usually ~$40 cheaper than the Pro version, but it would require reinstalling.

If I do reinstall to win home, everything will be okay?

You'd have to do a clean reinstall which will wipe everything on the C: drive. If you want to keep evrything like it is then you'd need to buy the more expensive 10 Pro key.

I’ll just activate the windows 10pro since I have a good amount of stuff on there. Thank you again