If there is a kind soul out there willing to sift through this baffling situation and help me out, I would be beyond grateful as I really, REALLY want to avoid buying a new Windows license. While the Windows 10 free upgrade offer expired in 2018, a lot of users are still asking how activation works, and whether they need a new product key to. She said this means that I need a new product key or proof of purchase of a previous Windows 10 product (which I don't have because my key was straight up entered in to my computer remotely by a Microsoft employee). The person I spoke to on the phone this time said to go to my activation setting and click 'Troubleshoot' and then go to something like 'Recently updated hardware' but that last option isn't appearing for me. OnePager license keys are tied to your computer. I have no idea what this 10 digit number is. You recently changed computers, had a hard drive replaced, or upgraded to a newer version of Windows. Not only this, but even the background of your desktop screen will turn to black, and a regular message will continuously float on the bottom right of your screen just above the. I don't know what September-me was talking about because this is definitely not a product key as they're supposed to be 25 digits. Use License URL: Product Key Certificate URL: Partial Product Key: X9WM8 License Status: Notification Notification Reason: 0xC004F009 (grace time expired). What is Your Windows License will Expire Soon Windows Error: Once your windows license has expired, you won’t be able to personalize the settings of your laptop or computer, which you were able to do previously. I went digging to see if I had that product key anywhere and all I can find is a note in my Google Keep app from the same night I contacted support back in September that says 'WINDOWS 10 PRODUCT KEY DIGITAL LICENSE ' It lists my 'Edition' as 'Windows 10 Pro' and next to 'Activation' it says 'Windows is activated using your organization's activation service.' This is a home PC and I have no idea what organization it is referring to - I can only assume it has something to do with the nature of the key that this person generated.Īnyway, I contacted Microsoft support and explained all this to them and they're insisting that I need to have the product key that this person used to activate Windows 10 in order to help me. Now I'm getting this pop up whenever I start my computer that says 'Your Windows license will expire soon.' I clicked on the prompt that directed me to the Activation section of my settings. Whoever I spoke to generated a new key for me and activated Windows 10 on my new PC.

I remember there being an issue with getting Windows 10 from my old PC on to my new one and I had to contact Microsoft support.

My memory is a bit hazy so bear with me.īack in September of 2019 I built a new PC.

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