Windows activation phone number for free upgrade

#Windows activation phone number for free upgrade update
#Windows activation phone number for free upgrade upgrade

You have reached the limit on the number of Windows 10 re-activations on your device.Windows has never been activated on your device.The type of the device you are trying to activate doesnвЂ™t match the type of device in your digital license.Windows edition installed on your device does not match the digital license of the OS edition linked to your account.There is no Internet connection on the computer or access to the Microsoft activation servers is blocked.If you logged on using your Microsoft account, but cannot activate your Windows 10, this may happen due to one of the following reasons: If Windows 10 is re-activated successfully, you will see the message вЂњ Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft accountвЂќ in the activation status window.Check the box вЂњ This is the device IвЂ™m using right nowвЂќ.Find your computer in the list of devices linked to your Microsoft account and select it by its hostname.If you not logged on with your MSA account, a window prompting to enter your Microsoft Account user name and password will appear.Select вЂњ I changed hardware on this device recentlyвЂќ.You will see the following message: We found a Windows 10 Pro digital license for this device running Windows 10 Pro.Select Activation Troubleshooter (the option is available only if your Windows 10 is not activated).

#Windows activation phone number for free upgrade update

Go to the Settings -> Update and Security -> Activation.

Log on to your computer under your MSA with local administrator privileges.

The digital license of your device is stored as a hash (Installation ID) in the database on Microsoft activation servers and is automatically linked to your Microsoft Account (MSA) when you authenticate on your computer using it (this MSA user must have local administrator privileges). The Windows digital license is linked to the specific physical computer (an ID of its hardware configuration that considers some key hardware components of your computer).

#Windows activation phone number for free upgrade upgrade

Actually, digital licenses replace the traditional product keys and became widely spread during the free upgrade of previous Windows versions (Windows 7, 8.1) to Windows 10 on user computers via a Microsoft Store. However, Microsoft allows you to activate Windows on a device with a new hardware configuration if you had to replace it due to the damage of its key components.ДЇirst of all, I should say some words about Windows digital licenses. This type of license cannot be moved to another computer. Actually, if the Windows on your computer had been preinstalled prior upgrading to Windows 10, it is likely that you had an OEM license.