I provided proof that others were experiencing my same issue, I just find it strange that everyone on these forums appears to make like the Insider preview free upgrade had never existed.
It is I started on a upgraded version of Windows 10, fully activated, performed a clean install and am now not activated.
If I'm completely misunderstanding however, and Microsoft never intended to give free versions of Windows 10 away to Insiders, as they did IN FACT state they would, then please someone from Microsoft please correct me. But apparently nobodyĪt Microsoft figured that people might want to do a clean install, which is what I did, and many other people did, and it's no longer activated. Once again: I started on the Insider Preview builds, and upgraded to the final Windows 10 build, which was fully activated, just as Microsoft originally stated it would be, a free upgrade to Windows 10 for Insiders, which is what I got. I did start in the Windows 10 Insider Preview builds, and I did receive a free version of Windows 10. See I think that is where most people on these forums are simply misunderstanding. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact MeipoXu. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help.
It is an Enerprise version and we could use it for free for 90 days. If you want to test the official version before buying one, we could try the Windows Evalution version. If you pre-installed with the Windows 10 tech preview version, you should buy a Windows 10 product key In a word, if you upgrade from the previous version (Windows 8.1, Windows 7) to a Windows 10 tech preview version, it is available to upgrade for free. The Windows 10 upgrade for free is only available based on a genuine previous version. The Windows 10 preview version is only free for test and it is not available to upgrade it to an official Windows 10 version. " I came from the Insider preview builds "ĭo you mean you start with the free preview windows 10 version? I'm just dealing with the Activate Windows watermark for now as a bug and assuming it will get sorted out in due time. Reps are stating 24 to 48 hours for insider activation problems, but they have been saying that for over 24 to 48 hours now, lol. And with all the heavy traffic right now, it won't be sorted out till later. The way I understand, it is a server glitch on their end.
However, Microsoft is having trouble with the free copies of PRO that it is giving insiders.
Clean installs of previously activated upgrades will activate shortly after installation and sign on to the original Microsoft account (I've done it several times already for family and friends stuck After I updated it to final on the 29th with the media creation tool it activated, and was then an activated version of win 10 PRO, (and that's the stickler) All activated copies of win 10 associated with a Microsoft account canīe reinstalled on the same hardware with no product key. not sure) on my secondary hdd that I use for storage. I installed the tech preview back in the first week of the program(last sept. Simply because I'm pretty much in the same boat. I (MIGHT) have the correct answer for your situation. Just incase you might be wondering, I am logged into my Microsoft account associated with the Insider program, and is the same account I've used since I started using the preview builds. Has anyone else came from the preview builds as I did and experiencing the same issue? I have no problem waiting, but not having a clear idea if this clean installation is actually going to activate is a bit annoying and seemingly
but I didn't enter any product key, which The error I'm receiving on the activation page is "Error code: 0xC004C003" and under that it says that the product key entered as been blocked. So now Windows 10 is installed, but not activated, and is not giving me any of the errors mentioned in the wikiĪrticle below, so I have no idea what to expect exactly. The preview builds, which apparently did not check out and I couldn't use it for the install so I ended up skipping the activation during install. During install it prompted me for a product key, which I'd assume is normal, the only product key I was given was the one I was given during I then downloaded Windowsġ0 using the 64bit tool on the Insider page, chose to put it on a flash drive and proceeded to perform a clean install.
On the machine that I had installed Windows 10 on, it upgraded to the final build as normal and said it was activated. I came from the Insider previewīuilds and got Windows 10 for free, I never upgraded from Windows 8.1 or any other previous version of Windows. I know there are quite a few Windows 10 activation issues, but I'm not sure if it pertains to me or not because the "official" wiki article describing the issue below doesn't really mention my method of installation.