Several scenarios suggest the change of a Windows Product Key. The IT department of an organization may have installed Windows on many machines and now wants to legitimize the install. A single Windows user might have a need to legitimize a \"pirated\" copy of Windows on his PC. Changing the Product Key will resolve these issues quickly and efficiently.
• Installing Service Pack 1 or 2 shows whether the copy is legitimate or not. If it is not, a message will come up which states, \"The Product Key used to install Windows is invalid...\" Otherwise, the product volume licensing keys (VLKs) which are invalid are usually those which begin with the letters, \"FCKGW-\" and the IDs (which you will see on the \"General\" tab on the \"Properties\" of \"My Computer\" will probably have the numbers, XXXXX-640-0000356-23XXX in there, or a similar number. Either way, you will need to contact Microsoft for a valid key. If your key is valid, you can check the number in the Windows Registry and you will be able to correct it if it is wrong.
• Open the Windows Registry by clicking on Start, then Run, and type \"regedit\" (no quotes) followed by hitting Enter (or Shift + Enter in Windows Vista.) In the regedit editor, go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version\WPAEvents. You will see that there is a key called \"ODBETimer\" whose value will need to be changed to kick the process off. Change one of the values in the key value to a number from 0 to 9 or a letter from A to F. This invalidates the product key and will permit a change of the product key number. When you have finished altering the value of this key, close regedit.
• Activate the new product key by starting the product activation software using the following command: %systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe /a (The path %systemroot%\system32 is equivalent to c:\windows\system32 given that the windows folder is under the c: drive.)
• Choose one of three options to activate Windows:
1) Do it over an Internet connection,
2) Do the activation over the phone, or
3) Postpone it where Windows will remind you every few days. (You must activate it within 14 days or Windows will stop working).
The software will provide you with an installation ID, which either goes automatically to Microsoft or which you will have to read to the Microsoft representative (if you are using the telephone system of activation.)
Windows 10 is available as a free upgrade for all machines running a genuine version of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 for the first year after launch, after which time users will need to pay a licensing fee.
Microsoft has revealed that the retail price of the Home edition of Windows 10 in the UK will be around £100, while the US retail price for the Pro edition is $199.99 (before tax) - no UK pricing for this version is currently available.
If you want to use it free, you can crack windows 10. It is the most easiest way to get windows 10 free.
没有评论:
发表评论