Upgrade Windows 8.1 computer without key when Win 10 will not activate
I understand that activation of Windows 10 is not necessary but concerned about production build not activating. My Win 10 Enterprise install shows not activated and will not activate even after keying new activation key found on these pages.
My concern is the target computer is a Dell 660s that I bought for cheap off the shelf at Best Buy. Purchased with Win 8 installed and shortly after upgraded to 8.1 with no activation problem. The computer does not have a label on it with the original
Win 8 key on it. I assume it is a legitimate copy of Windows given where it was bought and showed no activation problem with 8.0 or 8.1. I bought the computer just as a Windows 8 learning tool, so was anxious to use the Win 10 Technical Preview
on it. I have had many problems with the computer not rebooting after updates to the Preview have been installed. Just blank screen with no Post. Sometimes boots after many retries - usually with a message that the previous boot did not make
it past a certain checkpoint. It does seem to boot with 1 or 2 tries if I open the computer and use the jumper to clear CMOS. Tried that mostly due to the no Post messages. Maybe coincidence that it takes less tries to boot after the CMOS
clear. Don't know if the problem is due to Windows 10 or a glitch developed in the Dell computer itself. Suspect the later because I tested by replacing the hard disk with an empty formatted one and tried booting Win 10 and Win 8 boot images from
the DVD drive with no success.
But to repeat after rambling on, my main concern is whether Win 10 will activate when the production version is released and not having the label on my computer to enter the previous Win 8 key and past the Dell support time period.
Note: I tried to thank both responders at this point; but the 2nd person response gave 'unexpected error' when I tried to submit. Problem has been solved. 5/1/15
Ordinarily there should not need to be a key needed.
I am running the pro version on an old netbook and enterprise in a virtual machine
neither asked for a serial to install and updates have been smooth lately, but I have had to make clean installs of both since the original preview was released
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