repeated daily activation message

[leon]

Hi Guys, just a quick question.

I have an Activation message that comes up daily, i cant activate and even Win Support cant get it activated, but we wont go there.:sadeyes:

Just out of curiosity will this message one day disappear or will it just annoy me forever.

The computer is doing just fine in this state, however :thumbsup:

Just asking, :shrug:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Pepper]

I had dramas activating win 10 after upgrade from 7.
The only way that worked was the phone activation method

[leon]

Thanks Steve that option is also gone, I am not worried about it though, I just wondered that one day it might get sick of asking the same question and give up.:shrug: :lol:

Leon:thumbsup:

[LewisM]

IT did it for a year on my daughter's laptop - kept coming up with a large bar saying not activated. Eventually after about 6 months, it changed to a rather non-obtrusive watermark in the bottom right of the monitor. I had reason to do a flush and reinstall (from the image on the hard drive OEM), and when I did that, this time it properly activated and has never shown the messages, and checking the settings, it is indeed activated.


Win10 has some oddities, that is for sure.

[AndyG]

Hello Leon,

How we get out of pickles is usually a function of how we got into them. I see you're on Win10 now, from Win8.1, last thread of Your's I'm aware of.

I few variables known may enlighten the way to a solution:

1. Was this a straight upgrade to Win10, run from within Win8.1?
or
2. Was a new drive installed, and Win10 simply installed cleanly?

If #2, was the Windows key/serial entered during the clean Win10 install?
If not, a) this will need to be entered, and b) the correct version (Home or Pro) must have been chosen during install. A wrong choice at (b) will need a reinstall with the correct version.

The point made earlier about activation over the phone is a good one. You can force that along by denying the PC any form of internet connection, then restarting. Phone options will be more available then. If it's an automated call, you're good. If it's a chat with a friendly Indian, be sure to state that this is the SAME PC, with a reinstall. They may ask your contact details. Refuse kindly, and ask "Can you please run the phone activation process for me, that is all".

For the record, my fave way is to do the upgrade within Windows, which notes the activation with Microsoft (The digital licence). After that, do a wipe and clean install. You can then trash windows anytime, and it will re-activate once it has internet access automatically.

Tell us how you go :)

[leon]

Interesting Andy, thank you for that info.

Leon