you entered can't be used on this copy of Windows"). This has produced the final error message on the screenshot below ("The last product key. However, I can't get it to accept the generic key. Open command prompt (CMD) with administrator privilege. Nevertheless, the common procedure to activate Windows using KMS Client is as follows: 1.
Usually, the procedure is provided by your organization, school, or university. ) The guidance was to apply a generic product key to allow it to work out it's a Pro version, and then to allow it to re-licence itself at it's leisure. In the last step, you can activate your computer using KMS Client. I've had a look on Microsoft's forums and the closest match to my issue is "a Pro Upgrade from the Store installs Enterprise instead and won'tĪctivate because it has already applied the Pro Digital License so theyĭon't match." (. Windows Activation Troubleshooter just comes up with an error message to say it can't connect to Microsoft's servers (despite the Internet being available). I cannot seem to persuade them they aren't Enterprise at all and are definitely Pro, and they flat out refuse to activate as either Enterprise or Pro. But once I upgrade them to 21H1, they claim to be Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows is not activated. The computers are each licenced as Windows 10 Pro and show that Windows is activated. However, for each computer, this then causes minor licencing chaos.
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The image is a little old (20H2), so I then upgrade them through Windows Update Assistant to 21H1 (we're a school and a proxy server is involved, and we've found upgrading through Windows Update almost always ends in failure). In the last week, I have re-imaged three computers. We use a KMS server to licence our Windows products.