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On Wednesday, 8 January 2020 07:13:19 GMT Wols Lists wrote: |
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> On 06/01/20 23:37, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > Michael, |
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> > I got Win 10 Pro installed via the M$ tool that creates USB install |
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> > devices. It worked fine. Reading online it seems that if M$ sees the new |
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> > disk as still the same 'hardware' then it's supposed to automatically |
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> > validate and I'd be good to go. so far, after 2 hours it hasn't done |
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> > that but I'll give it awhile and see what happens. As it only took an |
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> > hour I might still try the disk copy path and see if that comes up |
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> > validated as that would also transfer the couple of applications I have |
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> > on the original hard drive. |
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> > Anyway, thanks for the ideas. |
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> A few more ideas from my experience - |
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> Have you ever re-installed windows and actually used the licence key |
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> that came with the laptop? No? Then try a clean install of Win10 using |
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> the Win7 key. |
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This will not work unless the upgrade from Win 7/8.1 took place before the |
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Microsoft imposed deadline of July 2016. |
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> Nearly all regular computers come with a bulk licence install, and the |
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> key that is actually on the sticker is usually completely unused. If you |
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> try to install Win10 with a Win7 key that has never been used, it will |
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> activate. That's how I did a clean install on my laptop. (And it's |
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> certainly true of Office, maybe of Win also - if you give it a key, it |
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> will install the version that matches the key.) |
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The OS Product Key for a Win 7 will not work on a Win 10, unless the free |
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upgrade option had been performed before July 2016. At least it has not |
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worked here ... You'll need a Product Key, Digital License, or a Microsoft |
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Account which has been linked to an activated Windows 10 Digital License. |
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> Or just buy a key from Amazon. I think I paid about £15 and had |
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> absolutely no trouble. I've bought a bunch of Win and Office keys off |
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> Amazon at between £10 and £20 and they've all installed no problem |
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> whatsoever. (Thanks to an EU legal ruling, MS cannot block the sale of |
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> 2nd-hand licence keys ...) |
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I didn't know this! Thanks for sharing. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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