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Thanks anyways though, I think we are just waiting here. #2 For the laptop, there is no 'reinstall' only restore from recovery partition. He is not saying that just by pressing the button you have stopped activation. Note: Vinod's response is suggesting to not put in a different key. A USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of space or a blank DVD. And prepare the following tools: A PC with a stable internet connection for the download. After the download is complete, launch the Windows Media Creation Tool. I know, because while waiting for one of my PC's to activate I basically entered all 0's to get it to do something, it says wrong key and continues to wait. Download Windows 11 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsofts official website. Your suggestion to re-install is a sledge hammer approach and is not warranted here.įor #1, clicking the change key button or not makes no difference whether it activates. There is no 'serial' that is provided with them anymore, they are baked in. The odd ball is my laptop, it's a pre installed version of windows that gets it's key from the BIOS/UEFI. I have already updated 2 x PC's in my house which came from Windows 8.1 installs I performed. Thanks for chiming in Kronical_420, but I think we are in a little bit of a different situation. as a side note when I ran the upgrade it said - my language would be changed - does this maybe have something to do with it? or can you swap between en_us / en_uk - which is what I assume its doing? Or did I get sent a dodgy windows 8.1 key.

I really don't want to have to wait for 48 hours just to have it stay the same and have to ring back anyway. What worries me is - will it even activate - and do I have a unique problem - because I cant seem to find this error code in any other posts on the internet yet. Two others said - the servers are slow etc and to leave it upto 48 hours. Microsoft reps twice tried to put me through to the tech support dept - and it cut off twice. I am now getting windows 10 is not activated - This product key doesn't work you may need to get in touch with the shop or company you brought Windows from, or you can buy a new key from Microsoft. I then UPGRADED through the media creation tool. I reserved my free copy of windows 10 through the icon.

Windows 8.1 media creation tool options blank