Windows 10

wildest_jjk · 29 Jul 2015 at 18:59

Mine cannot activate even when spamming. The process I went through was:

Installed Windows 7 Pro
Downloaded mediacreationtool and chose the create media thing for another computer.
I then used that USB to upgrade
Received an error message about language packs or something?
Then everything went through fine
Now I cannot activate?

Any help will be great!

Thanks

DIABLO · 29 Jul 2015 at 18:59

Balls to all this i rolled back to Windows 7.

Pigeon_Killer · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:00

stuie said:
Just updated to win 10 from 8.1. Really nice however with the latest GeForce drivers Geforce Experience says

Sorry, Geforce experience cannot optimise games on this pc.

I'm guessing its just a driver bug as its correctly detecting my specs but seems to think my sli'd 670s arnt compatible

I had that, needed to install a new GeForce driver for Windows 10.

MarkeR · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:00

wildest_jjk said:
Mine cannot activate even when spamming. The process I went through was:

Installed Windows 7 Pro
Downloaded mediacreationtool and chose the create media thing for another computer.
I then used that USB to upgrade
Received an error message about language packs or something?
Then everything went through fine
Now I cannot activate?

Any help will be great!

Thanks

It will activate eventually, servers are getting hammered. I rebooted twice, and it activated on the second reboot after the full install.

~>Dg<~ · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:03

tried it it sucks ass back to win 7. too much clutter just like win 8.

great for tablets and the like.

wildest_jjk · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:03

MarkeR said:
It will activate eventually, servers are getting hammered. I rebooted twice, and it activated on the second reboot after the full install.

Thanks mate so you don't think it's anything to do with the language pack thing? Are my languages ok? Lol

hideki · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:04

koolpc said:
Correct. Needs to be activated after upgrade and then one can do a clean install

Danny091 said:
Yes over the top. Once its activated though your free to wipe it clean and just install 10.

Cheers lads.

I've been buying windows since 3.1, this free version malarkey is a pain

Does anyone know the final build number for w10? My Surface which I was doing the windows insider thing on is showing "th1_st1 10240 Professional"

chroniclard · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:04

Spacedeck said:
My window disappeared from the system tray and now in the windows update section, it just tells me W10 is reserved.

Also lost mine so I had to force it via the command line. Well, probably didn't but I am impatient.

http://pocketnow.com/2015/07/29/force-windows-10-update

cu3ed · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:04

Surface is running fine, its weird such an easy update for it and still having to wait for the PC version to do anything.

I have about 8gb left on my OS drive, could a lack of space be stopping it?

Danny091 · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:05

wildest_jjk said:
Thanks mate so you don't think it's anything to do with the language pack thing? Are my languages ok? Lol

I doubt it, Whats your error code if you go see details.. Does it match with the one in the Windows 10 Faq?

The_Baron · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:08

Up and running. Main issue I am having is no Creative drivers therefore no sound. Amazing a big company like Creative have nothing on day 1. I have an X-Fi Titanium so it's not even a terribly old card.

wildest_jjk · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:09

Danny091 said:
I doubt it, Whats your error code if you go see details.. Does it match with the one in the Windows 10 Faq?

Error code: 0xC004F034

On the mediacreationtool it doesn't matter that I didn't choose the 'upgrade this computer' option does it? I still chose the right OS etc...

Danny091 · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:10

No it doesnt matter.. 0xC004F034 is the error code people are getting when the servers are busy but it activates after. Id just keep trying pressing activate. It took me about 15 tries.

[ui]ICEMAN · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:11

I upgraded over a copy of 8.1 but had to use the USB method to get it to actually install. I skipped the key entry part during install as I didn't have the key on me at the time. Now when I try to activate it shows me using a key that I don't own (pro preview key by the looks) and when I try to put my correct key in, it simply errors out saying "Error installing product key" 0xc004e016.

Any ideas? Thinking I may have to roll back and start all over again.

Josh · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:11

Got it running on my sons PC, seems very good.

Only took an hour to download and install etc

leedrummond · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:12

so just to clear. once ive upgraded and activated. whats the best way to start the new clean install

Twirlywoos · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:12

Danny091 said:
Check the error details

Same **** I got yesterday, best solution don't upgrade.

Danny091 · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:12

[ui]ICEMAN;28375537 said:
I upgraded over a copy of 8.1 but had to use the USB method to get it to actually install. I skipped the key entry part during install as I didn't have the key on me at the time. Now when I try to activate it shows me using a key that I don't own (pro preview key by the looks) and when I try to put my correct key in, it simply errors out saying "Error installing product key" 0xc004e016.

Any ideas? Thinking I may have to roll back and start all over again.

I think when your pc restarted it booted from the USB and has most likely ruined the old install.

When using the USB or a disk you want to make sure when it restarts it does NOT boot from them. Or it will do the install differently.

zola25 · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:13

The_Baron said:
Up and running. Main issue I am having is no Creative drivers therefore no sound. Amazing a big company like Creative have nothing on day 1. I have an X-Fi Titanium so it's not even a terribly old card.

That's actually an improvement on the Vista launch drivers

. I'm guessing they're thinking they'd rather release nothing at all than repeat that disaster.

Being serious, have you tried the Windows 8.1 drivers? There's a fair chance these will work, I used the 8.1 drivers for my Xonar DGX during Windows 10 Preview.

Psyoletic · 29 Jul 2015 at 19:18

Danny091 said:
You need to upgrade first or it wont work!

Read through and try this http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...i/848b5cce-958b-49ae-a132-a999a883265b?auth=1

Thanks, I've followed that guide like a bible and nothing.

Tried everything known to man, last resort it to use the creation tool, download Windows 10 and see if I can bypass the entering a serial key. It's a Acer COA OEM licence so should be fine.