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And if so where do I look to find the "activate by phone" phone number as the windows 10 activation I've been a WP user since my Moto Q, Htc-StarTrek phone, etc, etc...I had the same problem (error 0xC004C003 + general w10 key: *-) and I was able to solve it: just create a partition of installing win10 upgrade and letting it activate then wiping the drive again and installing win 10 directly and doing a fresh install to see if it will activate.

I now have approximately 683 Mb remaining on the small drive. I've done this twice now - and it keeps installing Windows Pro - then tells me my product key is invalid. Is that correct?Can I run the Windows 10 Pro upgrade process on the Surface Pro 2 which would include activating it and then completely format the drive and install Windows 10 Pro on the clean drive and it will activate itself without needing to enter a product Windows 8.1 Pro) a machine fingerprint hash a clean install option during the update. "Your Product key info" section reads  "Current Product key: *****-3V66T" At this point I used a utility found on git hub to retrieve the windows 8 product key from uefi  embedded in it's uefi bios.I tried to use the product key I got from the utility I got from git hub but got the fallowing error "Error installing product key Error code: 0xc004xe016" I am unable to determine with searches what this error code eludes to.From what I can figure windows 10 is expecting a a windows 10 product key and I am assuming that it is trying to use the uefi embedded key that is a windows 8 key.

Any Ideas how to go about this ? You might need to get in touch with the store or company you bought windows from, or you can buy a new key from Microsoft. once you are upgrade the key will now only work for windows 10 on this device. I also tried Recovery USB drive created from the Surface Pro machine but the same message. Boot from the media. Windows 10 New 20 Aug 2019 #1. WHen/where does it ask which version I want to install?

You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a Trying to install a fresh/clean copy of Windows 10 Home on a Laptop. As a side note I must also mention that I recently had to install windows 8 on a laptop for my cousin, and that laptop had the windows product key embedded in the uefi bios. Short answer, after updating and activating you can then do a clean install from the ISO and it will check the credentials and if they are the same activate it while the installation is underwayYes you can upgrade the surface 2 pro to windows 10 using the windows update prompt (or make a USB media).once you are upgrade the key will now only work for windows 10 on this device.

Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary and Appreciate your patience.You have to upgrade the existing operating system to Windows 10 once, then device becomes eligible for a clean install. At least one source said that when you upgrade to Windows 10 from an activated version of Windows (i.e. If you give us the proper tools and migration path people wouldn't have this problem.

I performed the same steps installing windows 8 on that laptop as I did installing So the question still remains how does I clicked Notification icon->All settings->Updates & security->ActivationUnder "Activate Windows" Windows is reporting "The product key doesn't work. Thanks. Why does Microsoft even let a person do a clean install to begin with when upgrading if the out come can be a non validated OS with no recovery option. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Windows 10 installed fine and works fine. This site in other languages I'm completely willing to reinstall windows, if I were able to find a small install to help this aging device get some s[ace for drawing apps, and some responsiveness, as the device currently struggles navigating its own menu. On install it checks with the activation server, confirms the hardware is the same and uses I have a desktop machine I will be testing that scenario and will post results after completion. Protect Yourself From Tech Support Scams Jump to page: jaburmester. The bootable USB install drive was created by Media Creation Tool from MS.