Windows 10 won't accept license Key

Paul wrote on 08/04/2015 5:40 AM:
. . .winston wrote:
Paul wrote on 08/03/2015 2:28 PM:
Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:29:24 -0400, ". . .winston"

wrote:

GlowingBlueMist wrote on 08/02/2015 10:11 PM:

When it asks if you want to do a clean install it should proceed
to do
just that. ***If the motherboard is holding the W10 license*** you
should not
see the request pop up asking for the W10 license. If it does pop up
just feed it the W10 license you wrote down.

If everything runs to completion you should wind up with the clean
install you wanted.

I'm sure if I have any of this wrong Paul or someone else will
jump in
and give you better instructions than I have. Good Luck.
The motherboard doesn't hold any Win10 license. The MSFT server is
the only place an upgraded to Win10's device and license are present.

When clean installing after having upgraded Win10 on the same
device...the correct choice is to choose the 'Skip' option (it's
intended purpose) - doing so will automatically communicate with the
MSFT server and validate the device, license and activate
automatically.

I wonder which part of "Skip" people are finding unintuitive? ;-)


Why, the test case where the skip button is not present.
I ran into that already.

I've also been queried for the value of the key, *twice*.
Cool installer.

Paul
Care to elaborate on the process that you used that was contrary to
the 'Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool' article.

I was commenting on "modal behavior" of the installer.

Not on whether the installer conforms to some rules or not.

Some Windows installers in the past, were pretty simple
and predictable as to "what will happen next". The Win10
one has a few more curve balls. Being asked for the key
twice was... pretty weird. Is that a good UI design ?

Paul
I was actually more interested in specifics on the process used to
upgrade...beyond being queried for the key twice.



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...winston
msft mvp windows experience