Retrieve windows 7 key to proceed for windows 10 upgrade using this path you need to have your windows product key you must ve received with your purchase of windows 7.
Windows 7 upgrade to windows 10 product key not valid.
Product key windows 7 upgrade rejected as not valid by ms 03 23 2017 06 20 am if after following that guide windows 7 is still not activated and you are not up to more advanced troubleshooting then the most logical next step is to purchase a different product key and using that new key to activate.
Windows 10 would then report that key to microsoft s servers and windows 10 s activation servers would give your pc a digital entitlement now a digital license to continue using windows 10 for free just as.
Hi i wanted to do a clean install so i wiped my hard drive.
Activating windows 10 using a windows 7 product key.
Activating windows 10 with a windows 7 product key still works so even if you didn t install windows 10 during the free upgrade promo you can still do that at no extra cost.
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Regardless of this product activation remains a part of windows 10.
The original product key.
If you have windows 7 pcs in your business microsoft may not consider you compliant with the terms of its.
Note that we can t speak to the business licensing side of things here.
This is the product key you want if you encounter product activation issues in windows 10.
Upgrading to windows 7 is pretty straightforward and if you ve been using an authentic version of windows 7 you can do it using your windows key.
I know that at one time it was possible to do this when you were doing a clean install and of course.
And after you do upgrade your pc gets a valid windows 10 key that will keep working even if microsoft stops allowing new upgrades in the future.
Now when i go and install w7 i get up to the last part of installation where it asks me for my product key i enter it but it says its not valid.
This allowed users to perform a clean install windows 10 and enter a valid windows 7 8 or 8 1 key during installation.
The most notable being that windows 10 is free for existing windows 7 8 8 1 users for the first year.