Windows 10 Reset Activation

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1,531 thoughts on “ 2 ways to activate Windows 10 for FREE without additional software ” Bogo September 28, 2019 at 10:40 AM I just used your method #2 (with batch file) for Windows 10 Pro 2017 and activation went very smoothly. Jun 13, 2017  If you activated a free upgrade to Windows 10 or bought and activated Windows 10 from the Store, you have a digital license for your device. This means you can reinstall the same edition of Windows 10 that your device has a digital license for without entering a product key.

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I'm having a hard time finding and answer to this. If I had to hypotheitcally remove the Windows license key from a VM that's been specifically setup for a partner, and it needs to be removed before the VM is handed over, how would I go about doing this? Naturally the built-in 30 day grace period has expired and I'm using an MSDN license key, but I need to remove the key before handing the VM off. The recipient can input their own license key. e.g. how do I reset the Activation Key Wizard's nagging?

Windows 10 Reset Activation Key

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2 Answers

  1. Open a command prompt as an Administrator.

  2. Enter slmgr /upk and wait for this to complete. This will uninstall the current product key from Windows and put it into an unlicensed state.

  3. Enter slmgr /cpky and wait for this to complete. This will remove the product key from the registry if it's still there.

  4. Enter slmgr /rearm and wait for this to complete. This is to reset the Windows activation timers so the new users will be prompted to activate Windows when they put in the key.

This should put the system back to a pre-key state.

Hope this helps you out!

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On Windows XP -

  1. Reboot into 'Safe mode with Command Prompt'
  2. Type 'explorer' in the command prompt that comes up and push [Enter]
  3. Click on Start>Run, and type the following :

    rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk

Reboot, and login as normal.

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This will reset the 30 day timer for activation back to 30 days so you can enter in the key normally.

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