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If you bought a retail copy of Windows 10, this guide doesn't apply to you at all: you'll have a Windows 10 licence key that can be used directly during the installation process.Īnother option, rather than installing Windows 10 twice, is to click the small "change what to keep" button during installation, and then select "nothing" from the following screen. It would be a lot easier and faster if Microsoft provided some kind of tool that converted Windows 7/8 keys to Windows 10.
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Obviously, it's crazy that you have to go through a full OS installation just to upgrade a licence key.
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Currently, it isn't clear if you can take your freebie Windows 10 licence key and use it to install Windows 10 on another machine. Some users are reporting that ProduKey, Magic Jelly Bean, and other key-viewing tools have enabled them to get a new Windows 10 licence key that can be used on another machine, but some users are just getting a generic licence key that isn't transferable.
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In theory, you should be able to reinstall Windows 10 again in the future on the same PC, but if you make significant hardware changes you might need to use the manual telephone activation process. Voilà: a clean installation of Windows 10. Again, you might need to manually slam the servers using slmgr.vbs /ato.
Once you've installed Windows 10, it should activate normally. If it asks you multiple times, just keep hitting Skip. Now, proceed with a clean installation of Windows 10 (select "Custom: Install Windows only" when prompted.) When it asks you for a product key, click Skip. Let the tool help you burn the ISO to a DVD or USB memory stick.
This time, select "Create installation media for another PC." Select the appropriate version (Home, Pro) and the tool will generate an ISO for you. Now you need to install Windows 10 again! Grab the Windows 10 download tool and run it. This first step will convert your current Windows 7/8 key into a Windows 10 key. If you haven't yet been activated, you can try forcing it via command prompt: run cmd.exe as an administrator, then type slmgr.vbs /ato. You may need to try a few times, as the activation servers were being hit quite hard. AdvertisementĮnlarge / This is what it looks like if your copy of Windows 10 is activated. Also note down what version of Windows 10 you have (Home, Pro).
It will say on the right whether you're activated or not (see image).
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Open up the new Settings app, then head to Update & Security, Activation.
Once the upgrade has completed, make sure you've been activated by Microsoft. If you use the download tool, make sure you select "Upgrade this PC now." It goes without saying that, before you install any new operating system, you should back up any important data beforehand. You can do this via Windows Update, or if Windows Update isn't playing ball you can use the direct download tool: English/ American/ German/ French/ Italian/ Dutch. It's pretty convoluted, but it works.įirst, you need to do an in-place upgrade to Windows 10. Clean installations, however, are a bit trickier: you do need to enter a licence key, and your Windows 7/8 key probably won't work.įortunately, if you're running Windows 7 or 8, and you really want to use your free Windows 10 licence key to perform a clean installation rather than upgrade, there is a solution. Windows 10 is an unusual release for Microsoft: if you have a licensed version of Windows 7 or 8/8.1, it will very easily upgrade to Windows 10-you don't even need to enter a licence key. Years as part of the various trainings offered I have received free copies of windows 7 and 8, since I have at least a half a dozen copies of windows 7 and windows 8 and the associated COA's for each, and since windows 7 has reached EOL, and for the foreseeableįuture Microsoft is letting users upgrade to 10 using 7 and 8 keys, I would like to convert them to windows 10 COA's without going through the hassle of installing windows 10, activating and then repeating until all the COA's have been registered.Updated, July 31 15:55 BST (10:55 EDT): This story has been updated with a few more details, and some other (quicker) ways of achieving an almost-clean installation of Windows 10. I am a computer tech for a national retail computer sales and service company, being part of their service and repair team I have been required to obtain training from a variety of sites, of course the Microsoft Expert Zone is one of them, as such over the
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