Solution when the Win10 preview version is activated, the version does not match.

  

When the close to zero last night, Microsoft opened the Win10 technology preview download address (see Win10 preview system download address Daquan (including Chinese), many small partners are I can't wait to install the experience. However, some friends reacted that the system could not be activated after installation. When entering the Microsoft released product key, it will prompt “This key cannot be used to activate this version of Windows
. Try another key, as shown below.


This is because Microsoft released the Windows 10 Technology Preview image that actually contains two versions: Technical Preview (Windows Technical Preview And Windows Technical Preview for Consumer, and Microsoft's public key is for the technology preview. The following figure shows the version information viewed with the Dism image deployment and management tools.


If you start the installation from the downloaded image, for example, write the ISO image to the USB flash drive to boot from the USB flash drive or run setup.exe directly, the installer will automatically select Select the installation technology preview version, it will be activated automatically after installation, no need to enter the product key automatically; if you use a third-party shortcut installation tool, you must pay attention to the version when installing.

But already installed The consumer technology preview version of the friends do not need to re-install, we can directly use the system's own unlock function to upgrade to the technology preview version in the consumer technology preview. The specific method is as follows:

Open Control Panel (view as a small icon), find and open “Add functionality to Windows Technical Preview for Consumer 


Select “I have purchased the product key”.


Then enter Microsoft's public technology preview key: NKJFK-GPHP
7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR, the next step after key verification is successful


Because the upgrade method is just a feature unlock and does not require reinstallation, it takes only a few minutes to complete the upgrade process. Peas here is in the Windows Technical Preview version. For everyone to demonstrate, of course, this means that That there is a higher version than the Windows Technical Preview, it may be Windows Technical Preview with media center, right?

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