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Upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro fails with error code 0xcf - Super User.
You upgraded to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer, but Windows 10 isn't activated after a reinstall. Windows 10 should automatically activate unless you made significant hardware changes such as replacing the motherboard.
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Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 2 people found this reply helpful. It was the expression "the specified product key has been blocked. Once blocked, always blocked was the impression it gives me. Run Windows, insert the media, click on Install Now when Setup loads.
When installation completes you have your free copy of Windows If you start Setup by inserting the media and then turning on the computer you will never activate. Curiously enough and without prior notice the process asked for a product key at some stage, tho you can skip the step and 'do it later'.
I don't know if the original key for my 8. Had I been warned that I would need it, I could've possibly had it on hand. I think I can still find it, as it happens, at least a different product key which I'm guessing is the original. Also, Windows informs me I should've received the original key in an email given I bought on line, and there's no key displayed anywhere on the casing , but If I did, I can't find it.
Being bought in good faith, I would be rather concerned if there was something 'invalid' about the product. Diagnostic Report 1. What does that mean? The Product Key looks right, but it's still not working to Activate Windows Besides, now I have this. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. Good that it alerts one to the need of a product key for the procedure, but; Which one, and how do i find the original 8.
For that matter; How do I revert to 8. I though we had the option to revert to former OS, for a time. Thanks for your feedback. Was this reply helpful? I believe that when you upgrade to Windows 10, Microsoft logs your hardware ID.
So if your hardware is the same as when you upgraded, you should be fine. If you install your old OS on to an external drive and upgrade to 10, it should still log your hardware ID. Unfortunately, this does not work for those of us who's Windows 7 came installed on a PC. My OS was corrupted to the point that even my Win 7 recovery disks would not salvage it.
I upgraded to Windows 10 as a last resort and like it, but am still unable to activate. I have a valid product key, but Microsoft will not accept it. So in Disk Mgmt Shrink a gb partition from C, boot Win7 installer to Clean Install to that space only, update it fully, Activate, save a Win7 backup image in Backup and Restore center so you can always go back to it if you want since the Windows 10 upgrade does not affect its license.
You can use one or the other, but not both. Then use the first option for Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool - Windows Help , confirm it is activated, then wait for your present install to Activate too.
Once it does so then you can delete the crutch partition and Extend over it in Disk Mgmt. If for some reason the workaround doesn't work for you, I will help you transfer your Upgrade install over to the Clean Install partition and recover the space from the failed Upgrade install. When I tried to follow the instructions for a clean install of Windows 7, it asked for my Product Key.
When I entered it, it displayed this:. The product key you entered appears to be for software that was pre-installed on a device. Please contact the device manufacturer for software recovery options. If so leave the Product Key blank and later if necessary use phone Activation option to activate. Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. How to Perform an Easy Upgrade in Windows Try contacting support, they might be able to give you a key or issue you one that will ensure the upgrade to Windows 10 Pro happens.
Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. I successfully installed Win 10 Home on my machine. I have the same question
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