I tried to activate Windows 10. It failed with error 0x803F7001 and a description stating that the "Previous version was not activated". Following are the steps I performed to get to where I am now: 1. I have a laptop which had a single HDD and an OEM copy of [...] read more
One year ago I bought an Asus Notebook with preinstalled Windows 10 Home which I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro (upgrade bought in the Microsoft store). The activation of Windows 10 Pro worked with no problems. After one year without any problems, I now get the message "Activate Windows Go [...] read more
Having a Windows 10 activation issue which I think is specific to Dell laptops. Did a clean windows 10 install on my Dell XPS 15. Under settings-Activation there is an error which says > Activation failed because this device doesn't have a valid digital entitlement > or product key. Error [...] read more
I am an Insider on the Fast pace for Active Development of Windows. 5 days ago, I had installed the latest Insider update released on 13th December, 2017 (Build:17063.rs_prerelease.171213-1610). After updating to that, Windows has been saying that my product license is not valid and is asking me to buy [...] read more
I have an HP Z230 workstation which came with Windows 8.1 Pro downgraded to Windows 7 Pro preinstalled. I have since replaced the harddrive and installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. I have also installed VirtualBox, and installed Windows 10 Pro in a VM. From looking online I understand the product [...] read more
I had genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8, from some of which I have physical DVD boxes. Later it was upgraded automatically to Windows 10. Recently I tried to make ISO with Media Creation tool, made ISO and install it into virtual machine within the same computer, I have original [...] read more
The results of an epic afternoon... Installed SQLServer 2008 on Windows 10 within Virtual box. Service won't start. Installed SP1. Service won't start. Installed SP2. Service won't start. the error I get is very generic: Windows could not start the SQL Server (SQKEXPRESS) service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The [...] read more