It has been 51 days since Big Bang when this monster of an error first appeared and we have been hearing the same story over and over again, wait for 24 to 48 hours, activation servers busy, hardware ID issues blah blah blah...
I am creating this thread so all of us who have this issue can ask the question in a single unified thread. Hopefully, this way the complete gravity of the issue would be apparent. Please share your activation issue and any contact you might have had with MS service execs etc ...
***************************My Experience with the Win 10 Upgrade and Activation Issues**************************
I have been an insider ever since the program opened up last year. I was automatically upgraded from Build 10240 to Windows 10 PRO and it was activated. Some driver issues forced me to perform a clean install. I used the windows Media Creation tool and created a bootable USB of Windows 10 PRO 64 Bit edition. I am well aware of how this needs to be performed as I have been doing it well over an year so no issues in the new version of the windows I downloaded from the website.
Post Clean install, I get the error 0xc004c003. Sometimes the description is that the server determined the key is blocked and or the copy is not genuine. I find that bizzare as the Keys were provided by MS to begin with. Other times I get the same error code but this time with the description that I should connect to the internet to activate which once again is ludicrous as I am anyways connected to the internet.
- Running an automated script of "slmgr /ato" has not activated my copy of windows
- Resetting windows from within WIN 10 has not activated it either
- Contacted MS support multiple times and each time I am either told to wait 24 - 48 hours or put in queue for Level 2 Tech support which never answers and I have to hang up after waiting for over 2 to 3 hours
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Is MS going to officially acknowledge this issue with one consolidated opinion and release a fix for all us day 0 early adopters (and yes, others too) or are you going to leave us hanging as always?
P.S. If you do not have a solution for this issue, please do not misguide the folks by replying to this thread giving suggestions and hacks or tweaks to activate a clean install or suggest reset PC etc as a substitute for clean install. Please understand that is a very tech savvy group of people so do not insult our intelligence by misdirecting the issue. We are trying to unite everyone who has an issue with activation of Windows 10 clean install after upgrading and activating, please respect our desire to do so.
****************More Clarification for the MVPs & Windows Insiders who performed a clean install ****************
I am fully aware that the Free Upgrade offer is for windows 7 and windows 8.1 users only. The Insider Preview participants who did not have an underlying legitimate OS (Win7 or Win8.1) do not get a free upgrade of Windows 10.
However, If the Insider Preview was installed on a Legitimate version of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and then upgraded to Windows 10 RTM, it should be activated just like it is activated for upgrades directly from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and has been clearly mentioned in the Windows Insider Blog Post
I will not question the Flip-flop Microsoft has done regarding giving Windows Insiders a Free copy of RTM but here is my Upgrade path ...
Windows 8.1 PRO (WMC Version) --> Windows 10 Insider Preview (all builds upto 10240) --> Windows 10 PRO Activated --> Clean Install --> Activation Error Code 0xc004c003
Any other flaw you would like to point out in the upgrade procedure? Maybe we need to have consulted an Oracle for the exact time for an upgrade or perhaps it is a Google Conspiracy to under-clock the activation of MS Servers or maybe, just maybe the activation has been redirected towards a cupertino firm instead of the MS servers in Somalia?
