Hi All,
I bought windows 8 Pro over 2 years ago and upgraded from Windows 7 on a Dell desktop.
Everything has been working fine until about 2 - 3 weeks ago when I started my computer I got the message to activate Windows 8 Pro, when I clicked on activate it said " Windows cannot activate at this time - please try later"
It now happens every so often when I start the pc I get asked to activate. My lockscreen photo has also changed and when I try to change it back it says" You cannot personalise Windows until you activate it"
I tried to Enter key and the original key which is in my purchase email is not accepted saying " this key did not work, enter another key or purchase licence and activate Windows"
I have tried to download the files listed in the sticky thread above for diagnostics but when I open it I get an error saying " there is no file ext in "c:\users\andrew"
Any help appreciated,
Andrew.
I bought windows 8 Pro over 2 years ago and upgraded from Windows 7 on a Dell desktop.
Everything has been working fine until about 2 - 3 weeks ago when I started my computer I got the message to activate Windows 8 Pro, when I clicked on activate it said " Windows cannot activate at this time - please try later"
It now happens every so often when I start the pc I get asked to activate. My lockscreen photo has also changed and when I try to change it back it says" You cannot personalise Windows until you activate it"
I tried to Enter key and the original key which is in my purchase email is not accepted saying " this key did not work, enter another key or purchase licence and activate Windows"
I have tried to download the files listed in the sticky thread above for diagnostics but when I open it I get an error saying " there is no file ext in "c:\users\andrew"
Any help appreciated,
Andrew.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro