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    Win10 Upgraded then clean install will not activate

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Yukonpete, Aug 7, 2015.

  1. Yukonpete

    Yukonpete Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I upgraded the Aurora r4 to Win 10 and then did a clean install of Win 10 and it activated.

    Now the 17r2 is a different story. I upgraded Win 8.1 to Win 10 and it showed as activated. I then proceeded to do a clean install and it will not activate. It will only activate when I do the upgrade path. I used ShowkeyPlus to get my windows 10 key after upgrading but still it will not activate on a clean install. Any tips?
     
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    Are you logging in with your Microsoft account on the clean install?
     
    DjId10t, Aug 7, 2015
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    yes
     
    Yukonpete, Aug 7, 2015
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