Windows 10 upgrade path and activation issues

[Exaelea]

Forgot to mention, after that eom upgrade I swapped in a new SSD and did a clean install of window 10 and it activated , Didn't need to type in a key at all.

 

[techead]

My Lenovo has an oem key in bios, ran setup from the iso in windows 8.1 and it upgraded + activated with no drama to 10

I can also do that, but I want a clean install. If windows 10 is prepared to activate my product key through an upgrade then it should be able to do it through a clean install... Which it cannot.

Upgrade works fine, I don't want an upgrade though.

 

[techead]

I have a retail key so you're saying it should go easier.

Retail is no issue, loads of people installing just fine. Including a buddy of mine.

 

[biometrics]

My Lenovo has an oem key in bios, ran setup from the iso in windows 8.1 and it upgraded + activated with no drama to 10

Was it a Thinkpad with all the Lenovo utilities?

 

[sajunky]

I upgraded mine last night. It seemed to have added a few programs to startup, which I have since disabled including Skype. After than it appears to start up faster for me.

I noticed tha Win10 warns you if you have many startup entries and also advise which takes most of startup time.

 

[DA-LION-619]

I noticed tha Win10 warns you if you have many startup entries and also advise which takes most of startup time.

8.1 also had that kind of feature.

 

[Necuno]

I noticed tha Win10 warns you if you have many startup entries and also advise which takes most of startup time.

god knows why people like to start 10+ apps as windows starts. I literally one have two things...

 

[AirWolf]

Lenovo Thinkpad
Win 7
SSD

 

[AthenianOwl]

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Lenovo Thinkpad
Win 7
SSD

Solution

 

[Lager]

No notification for me yet

 

[Arthur]

No notification for me yet

Could take weeks. If you can't wait, get the appropriate ISO and do your upgrade.

How to make sure your free copy of Windows 10 is activated.

 

[ItherNiT]

No notification for me yet

is your automatic update and installation turned on?

 

[Lager]

is your automatic update and installation turned on?

I've clicked that tab many moons ago

 

[vinodh]

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I've clicked that tab many moons ago

Use the following tool to kick start your upgrade: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616936

 

[jansdejager]

Mine kicked into gear today

 

[Jola]

Use the following tool to kick start your upgrade: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=616936

I just get an error when I run that.

 

[vinodh]

I just get an error when I run that.

I hope it's not that stupid "Something happened" error. It did that with me and I just gave up, downloaded the ESD, converted it to an ISO and installed it.

 

[Jola]

I hope it's not that stupid "Something happened" error. It did that with me and I just gave up, downloaded the ESD, converted it to an ISO and installed it.

Yes, that one.

And I can't run from USB drive because it does not accept my Win 7 key.

So, complete stalemate. From the idiots at Microsoft.

 

[Necuno]

I hope it's not that stupid "Something happened" error. It did that with me and I just gave up, downloaded the ESD, converted it to an ISO and installed it.

I "fixed" that with changing the locale to US as per some google result

 

[Jola]

I "fixed" that with changing the locale to US as per some google result

Where did you change that ?