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Your license will expire soon error?

Anonymous
2019-10-11T04:54:26+00:00

Hi, so recently today i turn on my laptop and login as usual and I'm greeted to this "lovely" message that my license will expire soon (be aware this shows up every time i start my laptop, which is slightly annoying), i also checked settings and it seems to be activated fine with no issues, and i had this laptop for about a year since November of 2018 with windows 10 pro installed and activated already, i never gotten this error or message box till now, and this laptop has been through about 2 resets in its life due to virus's, but i don't seem to understand whats causing it to now say its going to expire, and I'm certain it cant be a virus causing this unless so. Currently on windows 10 pro insider preview build 18970. (also i wasn't able to get the activation tab in settings to show up since the message was blocking my input to do anything)

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  1. Kapil Arya 37,836 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-11T05:00:03+00:00

    Hello,

    First, check the type of license installed on your system.

    1. Open administrative Command Prompt.
    2. Type slmgr /dlv and press Enter key.
    3. Note the Product Key Channel section Windows Script Host box:

    If it mentions OEM <method>, you’ve OEM license installed.

    If it says Retail, you’ve retail license installed.

    If it mentions GVLK, VOLUME_<method> then you’ve volume license installed. Note that GVLK stands for Generic Volume License Key.

    In case if it reports that you've volume license installed, then it is not a valid license to be used by end users (correct me, if your system is part of organization). 

    In this case, you need to buy genuine license for your Windows 10.

    Hope this helps!

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  2. Greg Carmack 24,770 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-14T17:47:09+00:00

    What were the results of removing the Volume License Key and restoring the Generic Version Key, retail key or factory-embedded Product Key? 

    If it came from Factory then the embedded key should be readable by installing ProducKey from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey-x64.zip and look for the OEM-BIOS key.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-11T05:35:31+00:00

    Hi, as i mentioned to the other person it seems to come up as retail, i'm not sure what it means as i'm not good when it comes to licensing, i dont know if i should be worried by this or not please let me know!

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  4. Vijay A. Verma 104.9K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-10-11T05:19:22+00:00

    Hi TersisWilvin

    I am Vijay, an Independent Advisor.

    1. Get help with Windows activation errors (includes Windows 10 activation troubleshooter) - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20527/...
    2. If above doesn't work, To analyze the cause, I need the screenshot of following output (No personal / sensitive information like product ID will be disclosed because of this)

    Windows Key+X > Click on either Powershell (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin)

    Copy below and paste into Powershell / Cmd windows and Enter

    slmgr.vbs /dlv

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-11T05:12:26+00:00

    Hello,

    First, check the type of license installed on your system.

    1. Open administrative Command Prompt.
    2. Type slmgr /dlv and press Enter key.
    3. Note the Product Key Channel section Windows Script Host box:

    If it mentions OEM <method>, you’ve OEM license installed.

    If it says Retail, you’ve retail license installed.

    If it mentions GVLK, VOLUME_<method> then you’ve volume license installed. Note that GVLK stands for Generic Volume License Key.

    In case if it reports that you've volume license installed, then it is not a valid license to be used by end users (correct me, if your system is part of organization). 

    In this case, you need to buy genuine license for your Windows 10.

    Hope this helps!

    Hello, thank you for replying it shows up retail, should i be worried, sorry i'm not good when it comes with license for windows 10.

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