Update non genuine windows

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Andre Da Costa Volunteer Moderator. You likely have a volume license key which is not genuine. Whoever installed it, might have installed a volume license organization key on your computer.

Windows 10 Pro volume license clients are used by large organizations that deploy Windows 10 in bulk to hundreds or thousands of computers.

Sometimes, users will copy these organization keys off the Internet and use them to install Windows 10 Pro, but they are blocked from activating because it can't reach appropriate KMS host Server computer which handles the activation request. Sumit Volunteer Moderator Volunteer Moderator. The error code means you have a wrong edition of Windows installed. In reply to Andre Da Costa's post on January 23, This is what I get after the CMD command.

SarahKong's thing didn't work, it didn't show me the activation key in PowerShell. In reply to Patriks Klavins's post on January 23, As I previous said: Whoever installed it, might have installed a volume license organization key on your computer.

You either need to reinstall the genuine license that came with your computer or consider purchasing a full version Windows 10 Pro license. What is the make and model of your computer? Which version and edition Windows did you originally upgrade from or was installed prior to your current version: Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Windows 8. I really hope I don't have to spend the money I don't have on something.

So, if you fall into the camp of your Windows build not being a genuine install, be prepared for a watermark to show up on the desktop if you upgrade. One area Microsoft has not yet clarified is if you are part of the Insider program and upgraded a non-genuine build to the new OS, if you will still see this watermark. Source: Microsoft.

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