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Windows 10 Evaluation cannot be activated (product key is blocked)
have you ever installed the ISO from the evaluation center? then you know that it is pre-pidded (eg: is has a product key factory installed that can be activated for an unlimited amount of times but it only activated windows for 90 days and then the installation is expired
this is mainly used for lab installation (such as the config I'm using it for)
so no you don't need to buy a product key, you can reinstall and reinstall the 90 day eval every time.
what I mean by 'using it for years' is that I have been using this evaluation construction since windows XP (you could get an eval for that)
bakker_erik wrote:
have you ever installed the ISO from the evaluation center? then you know that it is pre-pidded (eg: is has a product key factory installed that can be activated for an unlimited amount of times but it only activated windows for 90 days and then the installation is expired
this is mainly used for lab installation (such as the config I'm using it for)
so no you don't need to buy a product key, you can reinstall and reinstall the 90 day eval every time.
what I mean by 'using it for years' is that I have been using this evaluation construction since windows XP (you could get an eval for that)
Okay, that sentence kind of threw me off, thought you've been using evaluation software for years, meaning non-stop, that's why I suggested to buy a product key.
but yes I've used evaluation copy/trial many times.