Windows 10 not Activated after Upgrade

[7malligk]

Hi,
I have a Windows 8.1 Tablet, running the full Windows 8.1, anyway, it upgraded to Windows 10, but when I did, Windows 10 became unactivated, it was activated when it ran Windows 8.1, but now, it upgraded, it is unactivated, any help would be great!
Thanks,

 

[_Shadow_]

You are signed in with the Microsoft account that you used to reserve your copy of windows 10 correct?

 

[USAFRet]

How, specifically, did you do the upgrade? What steps?

 

[TechyInAZ]

You are signed in with the Microsoft account that you used to reserve your copy of windows 10 correct?

You don't need a Microsoft account to do the upgrade.

To OP: Contact Microsoft to fix the problem.

 

[7malligk]

You are signed in with the Microsoft account that you used to reserve your copy of windows 10 correct?

Correct!

 

[7malligk]

How, specifically, did you do the upgrade? What steps?

I had reserved my upgrade, and windows came up with a popup saying, your upgrade is ready to install, and I inatalled it, following the prompts.

 

[The_Prophecy]

The activation should happen right away, so if it's failing, try the Phone activation method. You can find out what number to call by right clicking the Start button > Run (or hit Win + R) and type:

slui.exe 4

Pick your country from the drop down list and follow the phone prompts once you call.

 

[USAFRet]

How, specifically, did you do the upgrade? What steps?

I had reserved my upgrade, and windows came up with a popup saying, your upgrade is ready to install, and I inatalled it, following the prompts.

OK...just checking. There have been many, many weird attempts at upgrading to Win 10, that go horribly wrong.

 

[Paul NZ]

I didnt use my MS account either when I upgraded. I've never really used it in Win8 or 10.

When I upgraded I did a clean install, but the windows.old folder was still there. I couldn't delete it and I couldn't delete it with disk cleanup. It wasnt there

So wiped the whole hdd (C). Then went to Go to store. As soon as I did that, it said it was activated

 

[7malligk]

Sorry, I made a mistake, I used the Media Creation Tool to upgrade to Win 10, not the Get Win 10 App.
Sorry about that.

 

[USAFRet]

Sorry, I made a mistake, I used the Media Creation Tool to upgrade to Win 10, not the Get Win 10 App.
Sorry about that.

Exact steps...
Did you select:
Upgrade this PC?
Create media?

Then what happened?

 

[7malligk]

Sorry, I made a mistake, I used the Media Creation Tool to upgrade to Win 10, not the Get Win 10 App.
Sorry about that.

Exact steps...
Did you select:
Upgrade this PC?
Create media?

Then what happened?

I did 'Upgrade this PC'
I followed the Prompts,
And at the end, when I was on my desktop, It came up with Your PC is not activated.

 

[Paul NZ]

Go to settings / update and security / activation. If Go to store is here click on it

 

[7malligk]

Go to settings / update and security / activation. If Go to store is here click on it

I have tried it

 

[Paul NZ]

Some people clicked on activate a few 100 times that fixed the activation lol

I was ready to chuck this out the window, because it wouldnt activate. Then I read online you could use a generic key to activate the stupid thing. So I did and it worked

This key is a generic key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T change the key thats there to this see if it activates. This is for Pro

Most people used it and a forum I checked the other day said MS said to change it to this key to activate it, if you upgraded

 

[7malligk]

Some people clicked on activate a few 100 times that fixed the activation lol

I was ready to chuck this out the window, because it wouldnt activate. Then I read online you could use a generic key to activate the stupid thing. So I did and it worked

This key is a generic key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T change the key thats there to this see if it activates. This is for Pro

Most people used it and a forum I checked the other day said MS said to change it to this key to activate it, if you upgraded

that didn't work sorry

 

[Paul NZ]

Are you using Pro or another version of Win 10? Like Home?

 

[7malligk]

Are you using Pro or another version of Win 10? Like Home?

Pro

 

[Paul NZ]

You may have to ring MS's 0800 # or whatever you have there. See what they can do

 

[boshettee]

Hi,
I have a Windows 8.1 Tablet, running the full Windows 8.1, anyway, it upgraded to Windows 10, but when I did, Windows 10 became unactivated, it was activated when it ran Windows 8.1, but now, it upgraded, it is unactivated, any help would be great!
Thanks,

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2419579/microsoft-will-unleash-windows-10-from-5am-bst-on-Wednesday Read this article. Microsoft is saying to be patient...I don't know if I would wait days but you might have to.

 

[J1ricna]

Some people clicked on activate a few 100 times that fixed the activation lol

I was ready to chuck this out the window, because it wouldnt activate. Then I read online you could use a generic key to activate the stupid thing. So I did and it worked

This key is a generic key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T change the key thats there to this see if it activates. This is for Pro

Most people used it and a forum I checked the other day said MS said to change it to this key to activate it, if you upgraded

This worked!!!!! for me Awesome thank you