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Can't activate Windows 10 Pro

I am in Argentina, and purchased a new Lenovo IdeaPad which came with Windows 10 home in spanish. I want my display language to be english and found out that it is not possible to change the language with the home edition.

I then purchased the upgrade to Windows 10 pro in the Microsoft Store. Instalation seemed to go smoothly and after a very long process I finally had my laptop running again and was able to set english as display language.

However I began to see messages to activate Windows, even though all the installation instructions stated clearly that I was purchasing a digital license and that activation would be automatic, without a product key.

I went to Activation and got messages saying that "We can't activate Windows on this device because you don't have a valid digital license..." I ran the Troubleshoot program, which as a very helpful answer said "We can't activate Windows right now try again later or go to the store and buy a genuine license." I repeat: I did start by buying a license and I got the invoice sent to my mail.

There is an hex number that seems to be an error code: 0xc002001b, but I could not find the explanation. I went through a number of support pages which all end up being circular and at some point return to a page that has already been visited.

There are a number of broken links in many of them with page not found errors ! I called all the support numbers, especially the Microsoft Argentina support number: after typing many numbers to navigate to what I believed was the section that would answer my questions, the calls drop with no one answering.

How can I get help ????

I have just noticed that my Activation page states Windows Enterprise: I purchased Windows Pro. Could this be the issue? How or why did Enterprise get installed? How can I change to Pro?

Thank you for any help!

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LimitlessTechnology-2700 answered

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out.
I can understand you are having some issues related to Windows 10 Activation.

To activate using your digital license, you'll need to install Windows 10 Home:

Go to the media creation tool page. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=616447

Read the instructions on how to use the tool to create installation media for Windows 10 Home and how to do a clean installation.

During setup for Windows 10 Home, you'll be asked to enter a product key. Because you already have a digital license for Windows 10 Home, you can skip this step and continue with the installation. Windows will automatically activate using your digital license when the installation is completed.


Reference : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-the-windows-activation-troubleshooter-d717cdff-cf19-9770-7198-40119c2a696c#ID0EBD=Windows_10



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