On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 12:21:32 AM UTC+8, Paul wrote:
RayLopez99 wrote:

Then I must find a key within 30 days to 'activate', agree?

You have had an *activated* copy of Windows 10
on the machine already. Correct ?

If so, there is nothing to buy. The installation process
will contact the Microsoft license server, the license
server will say "I've seen that machine before, here is
your token". And the job of activation is automatically done.

There is nothing to buy!!!

You've downloaded media. Use it.

*******

There's probably nothing wrong with that copy
of Win10 on the drive already. It'll be some little
problem. I had to fix one of these "little problems"
two days ago. It's annoying but it can be fixed.

Paul

Yes, my Windows 10, Home version, circa 2015, was free (recall I think the offer for free Windows ended in the Summer of 2016).

But, hopefully, if I reinstall Windows 10 -64x, "Pro", it will also be free, but I doubt it (no hope!). So I might buy a 9.99 USD key I see on Amazon from a "used" copy of W10-pro 64x (I cannot see how they do it, perhaps it's pirated? I don't care as long as it works).

Or I might download the "Home" version of W10, but right now my internet is slow (1 Mbps or so) so it will take overnight. maybe while I sleep I will download Home.

I will work on this a bit tonight (already 2 AM in Manila) and will post again today, my time, later in about 12 hours or tomorrow.

Not a priority for me. I appreciate your help, once again Paul.

RL

PS--I built a house here for my girl, and put in a ground wire! One of the few houses--it was in the provinces on the east side of the Philippines--that has a ground said the electrician (he installed it this time, before I had a more primitive ground). It also solved the 'tower case that occasionally gave you a mild shock when you touched it' problem, but, a confounding factor was I also changed the mobo on that tower PC (high humidity here ruins electronics quick, despite aircon, the PH gets btw 20 or so typhoons a year, most of them strike the east side where I'm at, we have a steel roof and concrete walls). Anyway, it's all good for now.