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Some Windows 10 Pro Users Say Their PCs Are No Longer Activated And Are Been Prompted To Downgrade To Windows 10 Home (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the you're-not-alone dept.

If you're having trouble activating your Windows 10 Pro computer today, you're not alone. Forums and social media networks are getting flooded with complaints from users who say their machines have automatically become deactivated. Users say they are having trouble connecting with Microsoft's activation servers, with some saying they are being prompted to downgrade to Windows 10 Home. According to Microsoft Answers, the company is working to resolve the issue. Only users who had upgraded their computers to Windows 10 by using product keys of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 appear to be impacted.

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  1. It's even worse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows 10 Pro.... being prompted to downgrade to Windows 10 Home

    It gets even worse... just the other day, my Debian box prompted me to downgrade it to Windows 10 Pro.

  2. I saw this on a customer's PC by TheDarkener · · Score: 5, Interesting

    On Monday I was at their office fixing an unrelated issue when I noticed the desktop graffiti/banner saying they weren't activated. Weird. I plugged in the Win10 product key on the case sticker and it activated again. I just summed it up to another M$ fuck-up, didn't know it was as widespread as it is.

    I'm so glad I use Linux at home =D

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    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
  3. Re:I haven't noticed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mine was 3.0 -> 3.1 -> 95 -> 98 -> XP - Win7 Pro - > Win10 Pro - Linux Mint.

    Problem solved.

  4. Re:they know .... by msauve · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Once again, legitimate users are impacted more by DRM than the "pirates."

    --
    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  5. Re:lol why do you people put up with this shit by slipped_bit · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Things I have done and/or still do with Linux:
    - Embedded software development (MP-LAB for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers)
    - Schematic capture and PCB layout
    - Monitor / maintain my finances
    - Wrote and published a book
    - Developed cover art for said book
    - Have started writing / editing a second book
    - Download & manage photos from my camera
    - Play games
    - Ran an emulator to relive my Tandy CoCo days
    - Development of my web sites

    Things I do when I'm at work and my employer forces me to use Windows 10:
    - Wonder why people put up with this crap
    - Curse a hell of a lot more than I normally like to do during peacetime.