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I would be extremely surprised if it activated after not having done so |
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within an hour. |
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You can manually trigger activation in the Windows 10 settings menu |
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somewhere, and get an answer immediately. |
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You *do* need to make sure the version of Windows is 100% identical to what |
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was previously installed though, down to the various international version |
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that have different language packs and misc media features enabled / |
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disabled. |
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On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:19 PM Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > Hi Mark, |
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> > was your old version Win10 PRO" as well? - as far as I know a |
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> > reinstall will only validate if the hardware as recorded at MS mostly |
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> > matches and its the same version. Cloning via dd, then running through |
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> > the re-validation checks, then making changes in small steps is the only |
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> > way I have been able to make it work despite what is written in the link |
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> > below. |
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> > Also check out: |
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> https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-will-microsoft-charge-you-if-you-need-to-reinstall/ |
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> > BillK |
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> Bill, |
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> It's a great question that I cannot answer with certainty unless I put |
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> the old drive back in. I thought it was when I did the install this |
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> afternoon but I wasn't sure. |
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> I'm going to let the machine sit overnight and see if it activates |
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> automatically. If it doesn't I'll go back to the old drive and if needed |
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> will do a new reinstall with the right version. If I can get away with this |
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> path I will. If not I'll go with something like Mick suggested. |
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> thanks, |
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> Mark |
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