Normally when I participate in a beta test I get rewarded but Now I am being penalized. Please Help. I pre ordered my surface pro 3 so it is one year and one month old that puts it out of support by one month. This is not fair my beta will run out and I can't reinstall 8.1...Please Help!!!
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I can't get my Product Key to upgrade to Win 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I participated in the beta test and am now stuck...Please Help!!! Normally when I participate in a beta test I get rewarded but Now I am being penalized. Please Help!!! I pre ordered my surface pro 3 so it is one year and one month old that puts it out of support by one month...Please Help!!! This is not fair my beta will run out and I can't reinstall 8.1...Please Help!!! I have spent hours with tech support and they won't help. All attempts to restore 8.1 fails and Win 10 beta will not update to Win 10 because windows update fails every time. Every attempt to win 10 from DVD or USB ask for product key. I have no key. This is a Surface Pro 3, It came pre installed and is supposed to be embedded on the motherboard. I guess my device will become a worthless piece of hardware when this beta expires. All because I participated in the beta test and Microsoft refuses to give me a product key. I have been encouraging people to get a Surface Pro 3, I guess that was a mistake.
Here is the info on the last hour and a half chat/phone call. Service request #1298493268
Here is my serial number 044325342353
- Merged by ZigZag3143xMVP, Moderator 18 hours 48 minutes ago Dup thread
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Can you be a bit more specific?
Did you clean install using the ISO?
- Do you want to continue as a Windows Insider and keep getting preview builds after 7/29?
- Or do you want to upgrade your Genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 system that has been getting Windows 10 Insider Preview builds to the 7/29 release and stop being an Insider?
To find an embedded windows 8 key to use for windows 10, try this tool:
http://www.nextofwindows.com/download/WpKey.zip
Click the MSDM key button to show the key in the bios.
Hopefully you should be able to use this to activate windows 10 pro or windows 8.1 again?
You may need to use slmgr /ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/warranty-service-and-recovery/downloadablerecoveryimage...and I can't reinstall 8.1...Please Help!!!
JH
You do not seem to understand. There are no unique keys in win 10. Pkeyui will show him a key that will not do any good because the machine must be upgraded first to validate the underlying OS. If clean installed before upgrading the only option is to re-install the previous OS or buy a key.
If the OP has Pro his key from PK will end in this 9MPGT-3V66T because it is the same key for everyone. The validation is encrypted and store in the cloud
After the upgrade what key do you think is stored in BIOS? The Old key or the new one from win 10? Not much room to store multiple keys in BIOS.
I can't get my Product Key to upgrade to Win 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I participated in the beta test and am now stuck...Please Help!!! Normally when I participate in a beta test I get rewarded but Now I am being penalized. Please Help!!! I pre ordered my surface pro 3 so it is one year and one month old that puts it out of support by one month...Please Help!!! This is not fair my beta will run out and I can't reinstall 8.1...Please Help!!! I have spent hours with tech support and they won't help. All attempts to restore 8.1 fails and Win 10 beta will not update to Win 10 because windows update fails every time. Every attempt to win 10 from DVD or USB ask for product key. I have no key. This is a Surface Pro 3, It came pre installed and is supposed to be embedded on the motherboard. I guess my device will become a worthless piece of hardware when this beta expires. All because I participated in the beta test and Microsoft refuses to give me a product key. I have been encouraging people to get a Surface Pro 3, I guess that was a mistake.
Here is the info on the last hour and a half chat/phone call. Service request #1298493268
Here is my serial number 044325342353
- Merged by ZigZag3143xMVP, Moderator Saturday, August 01, 2015 12:35 PM Dup thread
I can't get my Product Key to upgrade to Win 10 on my Surface Pro 3. I participated in the beta test and am now stuck...Please Help!!! Normally when I participate in a beta test I get rewarded but Now I am being penalized. Please Help!!! I pre ordered my surface pro 3 so it is one year and one month old that puts it out of support by one month...Please Help!!! This is not fair my beta will run out and I can't reinstall 8.1...Please Help!!! I have spent hours with tech support and they won't help. All attempts to restore 8.1 fails and Win 10 beta will not update to Win 10 because windows update fails every time. Every attempt to win 10 from DVD or USB ask for product key. I have no key. This is a Surface Pro 3, It came pre installed and is supposed to be embedded on the motherboard. I guess my device will become a worthless piece of hardware when this beta expires. All because I participated in the beta test and Microsoft refuses to give me a product key. I have been encouraging people to get a Surface Pro 3, I guess that was a mistake.
Here is the info on the last hour and a half chat/phone call. Service request #1298493268
Here is my serial number 044325342353
- Merged by ZigZag3143xMVP, Moderator Saturday, August 01, 2015 12:35 PM Dup thread
Surely the UEFI key is read only? It would make no sense if the OEM key can be deleted?
Once he extracts it he can activate windows 8.1 again and go from there?
I will test this on my SP3 and get back to you
- Edited by Jacob Halsey 14 hours 2 minutes ago
Surely the UEFI key is read only? It would make no sense if the OEM key can be deleted?
Once he extracts it he can activate windows 8.1 again and go from there?
I will test this on my SP3 and get back to you
- Edited by Jacob Halsey Saturday, August 01, 2015 5:21 PM
Surely the UEFI key is read only? It would make no sense if the OEM key can be deleted?
Once he extracts it he can activate windows 8.1 again and go from there?
I will test this on my SP3 and get back to you
- Edited by Jacob Halsey Saturday, August 01, 2015 5:21 PM