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Windows Not Activated on my new laptop
So I've recently purchased a new Dell Inspiron 14 5000 (5480) in November and had it arrive in mid December. I had it set up and it was working all fine. After a few days later I noticed a watermark on the bottom left of my screen and I went ahead and checked it and somehow did something to get rid of it. At first I thought it was some minor glitch with Windows, but to reinforce what I thought was correct I went to setting and checked the status and it says "Windows is activated with a digital licence linked to your Microsoft account." I searched up what exactly this means and found that it only happens if a major hardware or software update has been made, but from what I'm aware of I haven't done any of this to my new laptop. Could someone please help me.
DELL-Jesse L
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January 17th, 2019 06:00
Kav20,
Click the link below for activation information in Windows 10.
Windows 10 activation troubleshooter
For my notes, click my username and send me the pc service tag number via private message.
Kav20
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January 17th, 2019 15:00
Thanks for the reply, but I got it sorted by going to a chat with a dell employee and he explained that since the product key is integrated to the motherboard it just uses a digital license instead of a product key and usually requires to activate it once.
Kav20
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January 19th, 2019 00:00
wait so it is not because of the fact that the product key is integrated to the motherboard?
HarleyNelson
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December 30th, 2019 19:00
hi, just had my windows10 activated on my new laptop using the troubleshooting guide above. happy on not seeing the "windows10 not activated" message displayed on my desktop. thanks...
speedstep
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January 13th, 2020 10:00
windows 10 will not activate if its too old or you have not been online in a while. 1709 is the oldest still supported.
▶ Version 1903 (OS build 18362)
▶ Version 1809 (OS build 17763)
▶ Version 1803 (OS build 17134)
▶ Version 1709 (OS build 16299)
Version 1703 (OS build 15063) - End of service
Version 1607 (OS build 14393) LTS
Version 1511 (OS build 10586) - End of service
Version 1507 (RTM) (OS build 10240) - End of service
acesarp
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April 28th, 2020 16:00
It didn't work for me...