Windows 10 pro Expired Soon!

[Amiga Forever]

I have bought Windows 10 pro last March and everythings was fine until 22nd April where Mircosoft have screw my windows 10 pro without me knowing that it going be Expired soon this week !

That is wrong because I have turn windows updated off before April and somehow Mircosoft is trying make me pay again and I guess there is issue(not only me but for most people pc that have been screw up due April Windows updated)

Now I dont know what to do. Should I buy Windows 10 pro key again?:roll:

 

[fitzsteve]

Phone them up (or get someone to do it for you) they should be able to sort if you bought legitimately.

 

[Amiga Forever]

Ahhh Ok Fitzsteve, I will do that and see how goes!

 

[fitzsteve]

Good luck. The one that I bought from Kinguin needed activating, a simple phone call was enough and they gave me the activation code which has been fine since

 

[commodorejohn]

I have bought Windows 10 pro

Well there's your problem!

 

[Core2lee]

Funnily enough... Workbench has never done this to me, in fact neither has Linux or MacOS for that matter

Yeah like others have said, the telephone support is usually pretty good for licensing/activation queries. So is the online Chat function as well, I actually prefer this. In either case, make sure you are 1000% certain the number you are dialing is in fact Microsoft and not an off-shore based scammer as these are rife at the moment. Again with online chat, be sure the URL is indeed 'microsoft.com'

 

[moggsie]

I have bought Windows 10 pro

Well there's your problem!

It's like Skynet slowly taking over in Terminator 3.

 

[Amiga Forever]

I have got it sort out but I will be switching

Linux or MacOS thought.

Mircosoft thinking having Windows upated scriptions fee monthly...….
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[ratfink]

Had unbeleivable trouble trying to activate Office 2013 today, first it insisted on installing 365 instead of 2013 from a 2013 iso [or that's how it seemed] then when I did get it installed it refused the licence code I got from the MS download page. Help said use telephone activation, but THAT said no MS numbers available for the UK! It's "an issue they are working on"! Their support pages showed a 730 minute wait [I kid you not] for phone assistance.

Luckily googling threw up an MS support number and using that it phone activation WAS working after all. Was so close to dumping MS for good... wot a shambles.

 

[demolition]

Luckily googling threw up an MS support number and using that it phone activation WAS working after all. Was so close to dumping MS for good... wot a shambles.

I tried to reactivate my Office 2010 but since this was not my first reinstall it failed the automatic activation and told me I needed to call their phone number for activation. Next page then said that phone activation had been discontinued for this version, so now I have no way to reactivate it.. Thanks MS for disabling the Office that I paid for just because you deem that it is too old.. It was working fine for me and I don't expect phone support.

I have now found that I can get Office 365 for free through work to install on my home PC but I must admit that I liked the 2010 version better.

 

[ratfink]

@demolition - yes that's what I found for Office 2013 [no telephone activation], but there is a number online for Microsoft Customer Service - and telephone activation worked from there. Probably works for all MS products. Number is 0344 800 2400. That's for the UK but you may find there's also one for Denmark.

See here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051701/global-customer-service-phone-numbers

 

[Roman78]

Luckily googling threw up an MS support number and using that it phone activation WAS working after all. Was so close to dumping MS for good... wot a shambles.

I tried to reactivate my Office 2010 but since this was not my first reinstall it failed the automatic activation and told me I needed to call their phone number for activation. Next page then said that phone activation had been discontinued for this version, so now I have no way to reactivate it.. Thanks MS for disabling the Office that I paid for just because you deem that it is too old.. It was working fine for me and I don't expect phone support.

I have now found that I can get Office 365 for free through work to install on my home PC but I must admit that I liked the 2010 version better.

We still use Office 2010 and it still activated over here. What you could do, try to find a "Patch"...

 

[demolition]

See here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4051701/global-customer-service-phone-numbers

Thanks, that is good to know for if/when I need it again. Was it activation through a computer or did you have to explain your situation to a supporter?

 

[ratfink]

Just the usual reading out umpteen blocks of digits and then typing in the digits they fed back.

I have had to talk to an adviser sometimes, but not this time, I'm guessing that depends on what the gap is between reinstalls or some such "extra risk factor".