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    Windows 10 Activation/Upgrade/Clean Install FAQ

    How did you obtain a copy of your W10 key? Under Activation in the Security settings, mine just says "Windows is activated". No key of any sorts anywhere on the page...
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    Windows 10 Activation/Upgrade/Clean Install FAQ

    I did as suggested here for some extra peace of mind, but I do not see a W10 product key anywhere. While my 10 install is indeed activated, when I run this report, it gives me a W8.1 product key-- which is odd, because the machine was previously running W7. I would very much like to do a clean...
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    Windows 10 Activation/Upgrade/Clean Install FAQ

    I did an "in-place" upgrade on my laptop from a DVD I created from my desktop. Everything went swimmingly and W10 is activated. I have signed in and verified my MS account on this laptop. Am I safe to attempt a clean install? W10 is working ok, but the laptop was a bit "buggy" before the...
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    The Windows 10 Clean Install Thread

    So if I skipped the upgrade process (tried to go straight to a clean 10 install from an ISO image), I need to go back to windows 7 and reactivate it, go through the upgrade process and make sure it gets activated and associated with my MS account, THEN I can try a clean install and hope all goes...
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    Windows 10 Activation/Upgrade/Clean Install FAQ

    How will this system handle, in the cloud, multiple windows activation codes for each Microsoft account? In other words, how will it distinguish which piece of hardware you are using? The way you put it, all someone needs to activate a copy of windows 10 is someone else's MS account info. And...