Eternal activation of Windows 10. Ability to delay activation. Re-activation of the “ten”
Hello friends, today’s article I want to focus on how to activate Windows 10. Not only will I describe in this article all known legal and effective ways activation, but I will also write about illegal ones, which are very a large number of users are now using it. This is true, because no one wants to pay about 8 thousand rubles for one copy of Windows 10 Pro.
In this material I will discuss ways to activate Windows by phone, using a key, and also without a key. Let's learn about programs that can activate the system, as well as other software, in a couple of clicks. Let's try to understand why Windows won't activate and much more. If the article is very long, I will divide it into two parts.
Activating Windows using a key
The easiest way to activate Windows 10 is to enter your product key. In the boxed version, this key is painted on the box itself. On most laptops it is glued to the back of the laptop. The next point is that the key is usually tied to the hardware, so it is unlikely to work on other devices, but in laptops it is embedded in the BIOS. This means that you do not need to enter the key, you just need to install the system of the desired edition and it will activate itself.
If you have a Windows 10 key, you can enter it as follows:
Open the window with system parameters by pressing the Win+I keys. Next, go to the “Update and Security” section. Go to the “Activation” subsection and find the parameter on the right "Change product key".
In the same window, you can find out the edition of your system, for example, Windows 10 Home, and whether the system is activated or not.
Additional information about update 1607
Since about 2016, users who upgraded to Windows 7 and 8 from Windows 7 and 8 have the key linked not only to the hardware, but also to their account Microsoft records.
Many people already know that this allows problematic situations with activation when replacing components and other nuances.
Windows 10 Digital License
There is a so-called digital license that does not require entering a product key. When connected to the Internet, the system is activated automatically. This function available only to users who updated from licensed version, or are participants Windows programs Insider. Once this is done, the user will no longer use the key, because it is already tied to the hardware, this is called a digital license.
In the Update and Security window, you can see how Windows was activated.
On many sites and forums they write that you must enter the key when digital activation do not do it. This means that the activation may fail, and the key you enter may not work. Although this does not always happen.
I also suggest that you read the article from Microsoft, which describes activation solutions.
Activating Windows 10 by phone
If you cannot activate via the Internet, or some activation methods do not work, you can use the following method.
- Press the Win+R keys until the Run window appears.
- Enter the command slui 4.
- A country selection window should appear.
- The number you should call will be displayed, there will be instructions for activation, just in case you can write everything down.
- When you receive the code, enter it in the required field and activate it.
By the way, some editions do not allow you to activate Windows by phone. In this case, a corresponding message will appear.
How to activate Windows 10 after changing hardware
This question is very important. If you are linked to a Microsoft account, then there will be no problems. That's all the pies. Before changing the configuration, bind the key to your account to avoid problems.
Where to get a license key to activate Windows 10
The legal way is to buy a key. There are several ways to purchase it:
- Purchase through the store Windows PRO versions.
- Purchasing the boxed version.
- Purchasing a laptop or computer on which the key is already linked to the equipment. (The most expensive method).
From the store you can easily upgrade to the Pro edition, but if you have any version other than “For one language”. I have already encountered this myself and cannot update the top ten due to the OEM cost.
Buying a Windows 10 Product Key on eBay
Recently discovered interesting way system activation. Need to install the required version system, buy a key for about 200-300 rubles, enter and activate the system. Some say it's illegal, but others use this option and don't complain. I myself don’t know how to feel about this, but I’ll tell you about the method.
Register on eBay auction and enter “Windows 10 Pro” into the search bar. It opens before our eyes big choice goods whose prices vary greatly. But you need to take it from the seller where the most great rating and a lot of positive reviews.
You buy the key in a way convenient for you and wait for it to arrive in the mail. Once received, enter it and enjoy your licensed copy.
How to activate Windows 10 without a key
Now let's start looking at options where we don't need a product key. Here we become a pirate, something we shouldn’t become, but you can’t change people.
Activating Windows 10 using KMS
The most popular method of activating Windows is using a special KMS activator. You can download and activate it clean Windows, or download some assembly where the activator will already be built in and will do everything itself.
IN Lately(due to Windows release 10), very often there is an opinion on the Internet: the Windows 10 activation system has changed a lot, activation is now tied to the device and account Microsoft, and the key is no longer needed. Often, links to articles containing this opinion are used as arguments in disputes. Let's try to figure out if this is really so.
To the question “Where does this information come from?” Usually they cite Gabriel Aul or someone else from Microsoft saying something like that. IN best case scenario There are quotes like this:
If you’ve previously activated a genuine copy of Windows 10 on your device, you’ll be able to activate Windows 10 Insider Preview builds of the same edition without the need to enter a product key. This will also enable you to re-install the latest public release of Windows 10 entering without a product key if you no longer want Windows Insider Preview on your device.
An attentive reader (somewhat familiar with English) will notice that the quote does not say a word about any changes in the activation system. And personally, I have not come across a single official source in which Microsoft or its employees would report such changes.
Now let's move on to the practical part:
IN VMware Player let's create virtual machine(for Windows 10 x64), deprive it of network access (just in case), and install Windows 10 on it.
Myth 1 – Windows 10 is installed keyless: In Windows 10, Microsoft has returned the ability to skip entering the product key during installation (as it was in Windows 7), this is true. However, is the OS installed without a key?
IN installed system open command line(as administrator), and enter the command “slmgr.vbs /dlv”:
As you can see, the system already has a key (3V66T), or rather:
- VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T for Pro edition,
- YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7 for Home edition,
- or BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT for Home SL.
Myth 2 – Windows 10 is possible activate keyless: We have already found out that the key is still in the system. Now let's see what we have there with activation: “Start/Settings/Update and Security/Activation”.
Since there is no access to the network, the system prompts us to connect to the Internet for activation, or perform activation by phone. Let's see what happens if we remove the key from the system (after all, according to the myth, it is not needed) “slmgr.vbs /upk”.
There are a surprising number of mentions of a seemingly unnecessary product key, and not a single suggestion to activate the system without it. Apparently the “crooked Indians” screwed something up again.
Myth 3 – activation is now tied to the computer, not the key: let's go back to activation by phone (with installed key 3V66T), select your country, and on next step we see this window:
What is this set of nine sequences of numbers? And this is an identifier obtained on the basis of a keychain (installed in the system) and equipment (on which this system is installed). At the time of activation, this identifier is stored on the server, and a response code (suitable only for this identifier) is generated. If you make significant changes to the PC configuration, install the system with the same key on another PC, or change the product key on this one, the identifier will change, will not match the one saved on the server, and activation will not be completed.
Windows has previously bound itself to a device using this mechanism, but it is important to understand that this binding (both before and now) involves a key (without which the identifier will not be generated).
It is worth noting that “boxed” keys have the right to be transferred to other devices (i.e. you can remove boxed Windows from one device and install it on another), in this case the server (having recognized the “boxed” key) will save new identifier and activates the system on the new device.
Myth 4 – Windows 10 activation is tied to a Microsoft account: above we have already installed the system and were able to activate it (by phone) - without a single mention of a Microsoft account. Even if you install the system (with network access), the installer provides the option not to connect to your account:
How a device that has never connected to the Internet (activated by phone) or has never connected to a Microsoft account (using a local one) can be linked to an account (that no one created) remains a mystery.
Myth 5 – now there will be no keys at all: they will! Both in boxes and built into the BIOS motherboards(devices with pre-installed Windows 10). The key is the only proof (for the activation server) that you purchased Windows in one way or another.
Well, now a little about what has changed: one single (small) change has nothing to do with the activation mechanisms. It’s just that everyone who updated their Windows 7/8.1 to 10 (at the time of update) was activated with the same installation keys (by default), which is why with (clean) reinstalling Windows 10 on the same device, you do not need to enter a key (the installer will insert the key with which the system was activated).
This “knight’s move”, however, creates one small problem (for owners of box licenses), because according to license agreement Windows 10:
b. Autonomous software. If the software was purchased as a standalone version (or if the software was upgraded from a standalone version), you can transfer the software to another device you own. You may also be able to transfer the software to a device owned by someone else if (i) you are the first licensed user of the software and (ii) New user agrees to the terms of this agreement. To transfer software, you can use the authorized backup copy or the media on which you received the software. Before you transfer the software to a new device, you must remove it from previous device. It is prohibited to transfer the software for the purpose of sharing licenses on multiple devices."
Those. a license for Windows 10 (obtained by updating boxed Windows 7/8.1) has the right to transfer (without time restrictions), and in fact execute clean install and activating 10 on another device is impossible without a (own) key, and installing boxed 7/8.1 on a new device with subsequent updating to 10 (this is exactly how it offers to use the transfer right Microsoft support) will no longer be free after July 28, 2016. But that’s another conversation...
Hello friends. The other day I was interested on the Internet, so to speak, in public opinion regarding the issue of activating Windows. Until recently, I believed that there were two types of users: some were supporters of pirated methods of activating the OS, others were adherents of the legal mechanism for carrying out this procedure, motivated either by personal moral and ethical principles or by the conditions for using computers in the corporate sector. But the other day I identified for myself a third type of user - those who do not activate Windows 10, do not use blocked personalization functions, and naively believe that in this way they do not violate copyright laws.
How to activate Windows 10
In fact, the moment of violation of rights Microsoft begins from the first second of using the OS, if it is supplied without trial activation with a temporary key. Or, accordingly, from the moment such trial activation is completed. The only question is identifying this fact government agencies, which either are not interested in such violators if they have no more “interesting” sins, or have the authority to inspect only legal entities. Actually, what those who work with successfully use for many years pirated windows on personal devices. The information below is for those who are looking for legal ways to work with Microsoft products.
How to activate “Ten” legally, using a legal key? Below we will consider what specific steps need to be taken in the environment current version OS, but first a few words about the key itself.
Where to get a Windows 10 activation key
If we are talking about OEM devices, the key can be found on the bottom of laptops or on the back of system units purchased with Windows 7 pre-installed and later updated to version 10. Both for the latter and for OEM devices purchased with pre-installed versions systems 8, 8.1 and 10, exists universal method extracting the product key using the utility. Naturally, this method must be resorted to before reinstalling the OS.
If Windows was purchased in a boxed version - on a DVD or flash drive, look for the product key on the media packaging label.
If we are talking about activating a PC or laptop without pre-installed licensed Windows, an activation key for version 10 must be purchased accordingly. You can do this in different ways:
- Much cheaper, but with certain risks, a legal OEM key can be bought at various trading platforms Internet.
- Very expensive, but at the same time completely legal, without any risks, the “Ten” key is purchased directly from its creator – Microsoft.
- Even more expensive than Microsoft licensed Windows 10 can be purchased from various online stores in a boxed version ( installation flash drive). But more expensive if you only buy boxed versions at regular price. Online stores often hold sales, promotions, introduce bonus policies, etc.
Activation with Internet connection
If there is a key, if the computer is connected to the Internet, it is better to activate the system during its installation.
This will reduce the risk of activation problems later due to incorrect deletion temporary key. But if the Internet is configured only in a fully functioning Windows environment, there is nothing else to do but postpone the key entry step.
In an already installed system, access to activation functions is provided in the Settings application. And this implementation is difficult not to notice - this is the inscription “Windows is not activated” in the center of the application window. Let's press it.
Let's get to the system activation section. Click “Change product key”.
Copy the key and paste it into this form. Click “Next”.
Now – “Activate”.
That's it - the system is activated.
If difficulties arise with activation, and it is reliably known that the key is genuine, you can try to correct the situation. In the same activation section of the Settings application there is a troubleshooting feature. Let's launch it.
If the problems are automatically resolved, the key entry form will appear on its own.
If you don't have a key, you can purchase one. Go to"Options" and click "Windows is not activated"
One of latest versions operating system from Microsoft is Windows 10. There are also rumors that this particular OS is the final one, and if new versions are released, it will only be as updates for the “ten”. More and more users are eager to try the operating system in action, but after installing it on a computer, activation is required.
To activate Windows 10 OS, you must purchase license key, however, this option is suitable for few people. There are more alternative ways OS activations that do not require financial costs. It is these methods that will be mentioned in the material.
The need to activate Windows 10
Why do you need to activate Windows 10 OS if previous versions worked quite well without this option. In the “ten”, a mode of operation without activation is also provided, but in this case the OS will work with the occurrence of various failures.
First of all, if you do not activate the OS, the user will constantly be annoyed by pop-up notifications that activation is required. In addition, every time you start it is possible that icons and shortcuts will disappear from the desktop. In this case, you will need to constantly go into the settings and return the desktop to its original state.
A significant disadvantage of a non-activated Windows 10 OS is the inability to properly configure personalization. After all, personalization has great importance, since from correct settings desktop will depend on the user's mood. Another unpleasant consequence of an OS that has not gone through the activation process is automatic reboot computer. Such reboots occur not once a day, but every 2 hours of computer operation. It is due to all these shortcomings that sooner or later every user who likes Windows 10 decides to activate it.
Activating Windows 10: basic methods
Activation of Windows 10 requires the use of a digital license or a 25-digit key. The digital license provides for activation of the “ten” without the need to enter a digital 25-digit key. This activation option is relevant when free update licensed versions of Windows7, 8 and 8.1. In addition, you will not need to enter a 25-digit key if the licensed “ten” is purchased from the Microsoft store.
It is important to know! Activation in all of the above cases is carried out automatically after connecting to the Internet on the computer.
The second option for activating the OS is to enter a 25-digit key, which contains not only numbers, but also letters. This key must be entered after installing the OS and starting the computer. The system will issue a corresponding request about the need to activate it. After entering the appropriate key, you will need to connect to the Internet to activate. You only need to manually enter the 25-digit key once during the first installation. In the future, such a need will no longer exist, since the Microsoft server will remember it and will activate it automatically.
If the first two methods of activating Windows 10 are not suitable, then you should use other options.
Activation via phone
The principle of activating the OS in this way is to perform the following manipulations:
Initially, you need to use a keyboard shortcut to call up the “Run” menu, then enter the word slui 4. After this, you need to press the Enter button.
After this, a window will appear in which you need to select the country and click on the “Next” button.
After this, a corresponding window will appear with phone numbers to call. Before you dial a number, you should grab a pen and pad and be prepared to write down everything the answering machine says.
Finally, you must enter the received activation code, thereby activating the operating system.
After this, the OS will be activated, and you will forever forget about the inconveniences that the system caused in demo mode.
Activation using a purchased key
If you decide to activate Windows 10 using a license key from outdated versions operating systems, then you don’t even have to try, because you won’t succeed. To activate, you will only need a unique 25-digit code. You can get this code in the following ways:
It is included in the box along with the Windows 10 OS disc.
On digital copy OS.
You can also get the code within corporate license or via MSDN subscription.
Another way to get a Windows 10 activation code is to purchase a device on which the OS will be installed.
OS activation without a key
This method of activating the OS (without a key) is called pirated, which is used by 80% of users. This activation method is prohibited, but despite this, it is very popular.
To activate the “ten”, you need to download the activator. Finding it is not difficult on the Internet. When choosing an activator, you need to be very careful, since most users post viruses under the guise of a product. If you or your antivirus do not trust the resource on which the activator is located, then look for other sites.
It is important to know! Take advantage of the reviews of experienced people who share their experiences on where it is best to download the activator and not get infected with viruses.
What programs exist to activate the OS?
One of the most popular, effective and simple good programs to activate Windows 10, is the KMSAutoNet activator. This activator has a lot of advantages over the others. It regularly undergoes a process of updating and modernization. In addition, activation of the system is free and forever, which is the most important thing in this matter.
Features of activation using KMSAutoNet
We will not delve into the details of the benefits of this activator, so it is recommended to take our word for it that this is one of the best free activators for Windows 10. It is suggested that you use it if you decide to break the law and use pirated version"tens".
Instructions for correctly activating the OS using KMSAuto Net:
The first thing you need to do is download and install the activator on your computer. If for some reason you refuse to install the activator, you can run its portable version from a flash drive. It is recommended to download the activator from the website rutor.info
After installing the program, you must run it as Administrator.
A program window will open with only two buttons: Activation and Information.
The information button is necessary so that you can get information about your operating system and the need for its activation. It is possible that the system does not need to be activated.
You need to click on the “Activation” button, after which the application will independently complete the activation process in a convenient way. After the work is completed, the application will write a corresponding message.
Setting up automatic activation bypass. To do this, you need to install your own KMS service. This special service, through which the corresponding substitution is carried out protective system from Microsoft. To put it simply, setting up automatic activation bypass is necessary so that the computer thinks that it has checked the activation with Microsoft.
To do this, you need to open a tab called “System”.
At the next stage, you need to click on the “Install KMSService” button. Immediately after clicking, the message “Running” will appear, which indicates that the process has started. Upon completion of execution, the application will display a corresponding message.
In conclusion, it is worth noting several advantages about the KMSAutoNet activator. This application has " professional mode", through which you can perform various convenient features. If you enable this mode, you will definitely find many useful functions for yourself.
To summarize, it should be emphasized that if you do not want problems, then it is better to purchase a license key to activate Windows 10. However, if you want to save money, then simply download the activator, and the demo mode of the OS will not prevent you from mastering the new operating system.
