Comments on: Did your Windows 10 just deactivate? Microsoft confirms Windows 10 Activation issue https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/ TheWindowsClub Tech News covers the latest Microsoft Windows 10 news, along with other products & services like Office, etc. Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Georgios Kapitsos https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6459 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:26:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6459 My windows 10 copy has been deactivated for close to a month now, after I installed build 18272, and nothing seems to fix it. Today I got a message that my build number has also expired, but since my license got deactivated, I cannot download any new builds from the insider program, I just get an error message.

]]> By: 13thGeneral https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6438 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:12:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6438 It’s not fixed for some. I didn’t initially experience this issue, and therefore wasn’t even aware of it, until well into the weekend. On Saturday I made several hardware upgrades – including both Motherboard and CPU. Upon booting after the upgrades, all seemed fine; I used my Microsoft account PIN to log in, it asked me to validate Windows, which I did, and all seemed to work. However, at some point overnight my Windows decided it wasn’t valid any more, to my surprise. I attempted to re-validate it on Sunday to no avail; I tried the Troubleshooter, which wasn’t able to resolve the validation, so I selected the “Changed Hardware” option and it failed with the statement that it doesn’t match any version on my account (despite checking my account and seeing it’s still listed there). I tried using CMD prompt method to check my system info, and force a validation check, but it reports that my Key is “Blocked”, whatever that means. I had used the free upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 Pro years ago, when it was offered, so I don’t even know if I have my original Win 7 disk anywhere (since it was installed well over 10yrs ago). I haven’t been able to get through to MS Tech support yet, but everything I read online said to “Be Patient” but that the problem has been officially resolved. Sorry, obviously it hasn’t resolved for everyone.

]]> By: 13thGeneral https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6437 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:11:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6437 In reply to K.

Didn’t work for me; it says my Key is “Blocked” whatever that means?
It is a valid Win 7 Pro upgraded to Win 10 Pro, and only invalidated after I made a hardware change on Saturday. The troubleshooter didn’t help either. Going to wait one more day before calling MS about it, to see if it resolves.

]]> By: K https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6435 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:07:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6435 It will re-activate if you run this command (as administrator): slmgr.vbs -ato
Press Windows+R to open the “Run” box. Type “cmd” into the box and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run the command as an administrator.
thanks DR for the tip

]]> By: Mike Melvyn https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6434 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:34:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6434 Mine deactivated this morning but I reinstalled Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit and its Activated again

]]> By: PissPisserton https://news.thewindowsclub.com/did-your-windows-10-just-deactivate-93716/#comment-6433 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:24:00 +0000 https://news.thewindowsclub.com/?p=93716#comment-6433 Why is it tied to a server that’s constantly checking the verification status? It should be a one and done thing, and then we wouldn’t have issues like this at all.

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