windows 8.1 upgrade to windows 10 pirated

Anonymous
2020-02-21T07:26:19+00:00

Hello,

My laptop came with windows 8.1; I had to upgrade it to windows 10  for adobe creative cloud since creative cloud soft wares dont work on windows 8.1(THIS IS NOT FAIR). The tech person upgraded my genuine windows to Windows 10  cracked version. I didn't know but I can see from the appearance of it. It does not sound genuine. My question is, I once upgraded my genuine windows to windows10  for free then the tech guy down graded it to windows 8.1 again.  So is there any record of my older windows 10 key I can re install on my system? Plus they put ssd and hdd both on my system when i asked for increasing my ram since i have 4g ram i wanted to add 4g more or adobe cc softwares to work fine. SO do  u think my windows 8.1 key will still be embedded and I can reinstall it?

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DaveM121 932.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-02-21T11:03:31+00:00

So, if Windows 8.1 Home was installed then you must install the Home edition of Windows 10, if Windows 8.1 was the Pro or Enterprise edition you must install the Pro edition of Windows 10

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DaveM121 932.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-02-21T12:05:59+00:00

Hi FireFly9

If that says Windows 8 Pro, then you already have the correct edition installed. If you do suspect that is not a genuine copy, then you should backup your data and clean install Windows 10 Pro . . .

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Virginia M 41,995 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-02-26T11:29:19+00:00

Thanks.

No run then one by one.

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DaveM121 932.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-02-21T10:17:56+00:00

Hi FireFly9

The edition that was installed during the free upgrade period would have matched your WIndows 8.1 edition

I cannot be 100% sure your WIndows is legitimate, because there are many, many ways t crack WIndows

Yes, if you have Windows 10 installed, you are entitled to all new versions free of charge . . .

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  1. Virginia M 41,995 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-02-26T10:37:12+00:00

    Sorry I’ve been away, I’ve had my own PC problems.

    Thanks to Pauli O for assisting you.

    About your update problem:

    Have you tried resetting the update components? 

    Open cmd prompt/powershell with admin & enter: 

    net stop wuauserv 

    net stop cryptSvc 

    net stop bits 

    ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old 

    ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old 

    net start wuauserv

    net start cryptSvc

    net start bits

    Restart the PC & try updating again.

    If this fails/doesn’t correct the problem then click start, run, type regedit & click enter & find: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

    Try deleting the entries WUServer and WIStatusServer in the right pane if they’re there, if not don’t worry.

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