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Hello and good day, ive recently found out that my copy of windows 10 is a pirated copy..i live in a 3rd world country and cant buy the version and have been trying to down grade to the free version of windows however when ever i try to install the copy of windows using the media creation tool it automaticly activates (saying its activated with a digital license, which i know is completly false since its pirated.) so i want to have a clean, un-pirated version but it just keeps activating on its own
any help on the matter?
You can boot the installation media, where you can delete / recreate partition, then continue the clean install and finally activate using your product key.
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well i dont have a code to begin with i just want to use the free version of windows 10
There isn't a free version of windows 10.
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there is, it's the unactivated version of Windows10 also known as the trial version
there is a free version of Windows 10, it's the trial version or the unactivated version.
Well not free but there's a 60 day grace period before activation.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d
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Hi AnonyMouse-7414,
The only way to resolve this issue fully will be to completely reinstall Windows 10 using a legitimate download and a valid license.
I suggest that you download the Windows 10 ISO from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO
Then use a tool like Rufus to create a bootable USB. Then use a purchased Windows 10 license to activate it legitimately.
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