Windows 7 Upgrade To Windows 10 Product Key Not Valid

Activating windows 10 using a windows 7 product key.

Windows 7 upgrade to windows 10 product key not valid.

Posted in windows 10 discussion. Note that we can t speak to the business licensing side of things here. This allowed users to perform a clean install windows 10 and enter a valid windows 7 8 or 8 1 key during installation. I know that at one time it was possible to do this when you were doing a clean install and of course.

I bought w7 pro off of the microsoft website where it gave me and iso to. Hi i wanted to do a clean install so i wiped my hard drive. And after you do upgrade your pc gets a valid windows 10 key that will keep working even if microsoft stops allowing new upgrades in the future. Upgrading to windows 7 is pretty straightforward and if you ve been using an authentic version of windows 7 you can do it using your windows key.

The original product key. Windows 10 would then report that key to microsoft s servers and windows 10 s activation servers would give your pc a digital entitlement now a digital license to continue using windows 10 for free just as. The most notable being that windows 10 is free for existing windows 7 8 8 1 users for the first year. Product key windows 7 upgrade rejected as not valid by ms 03 23 2017 06 20 am if after following that guide windows 7 is still not activated and you are not up to more advanced troubleshooting then the most logical next step is to purchase a different product key and using that new key to activate.

If you have windows 7 pcs in your business microsoft may not consider you compliant with the terms of its. Regardless of this product activation remains a part of windows 10. This can be your windows 7 or windows 8 retail or oem product key before upgrading. Activating windows 10 with a windows 7 product key still works so even if you didn t install windows 10 during the free upgrade promo you can still do that at no extra cost.

Retrieve windows 7 key to proceed for windows 10 upgrade using this path you need to have your windows product key you must ve received with your purchase of windows 7.