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A friend of mine needed windows but didn't have any money for a key so I told him how to use the unactivated version and save up around 30 bucks and buy it off kinguin with buyers protection. He installed windows 10 pro and bought a windows 10 home product key. He got the error code 0x80070424, "the product key you entered didn't work. Check the product key or enter a different one". So I was wondering weather this is because he bought a home key instead of a pro key or if it is because the key doesn't work; which I wouldn't be surprised since I've had a 50/50 shot with keys not working from them. 

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Your windows key and windows version need to be the same...

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13 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

A friend of mine needed windows but didn't have any money for a key so I told him how to use the unactivated version and save up around 30 bucks and buy it off kinguin with buyers protection. He installed windows 10 pro and bought a windows 10 home product key. He got the error code 0x80070424, "the product key you entered didn't work. Check the product key or enter a different one". So I was wondering weather this is because he bought a home key instead of a pro key or if it is because the key doesn't work; which I wouldn't be surprised since I've had a 50/50 shot with keys not working from them. 

buy a key on ebay they are like $2

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5 minutes ago, _Dr_Eye_ said:

buy a key on ebay they are like $2

Act now and get bonus spyware with your cracked download link!

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1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Act now and get bonus spyware with your cracked download link!

no just get the licence key emailed to u ive done it heaps and i have never had a bad key

 

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He needs to reinstall into Home version. Or buy another key for Pro.

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21 hours ago, _Dr_Eye_ said:

no just get the licence key emailed to u ive done it heaps and i have never had a bad key

 

I was thinking of doing this but after some research these keys have a tendency to get blocked by Microsoft after a few months. How long have you had yours? 

 

I said screw it and purchased a copy of Home

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1 hour ago, Steemax said:

I was thinking of doing this but after some research these keys have a tendency to get blocked by Microsoft after a few months. How long have you had yours? 

 

I said screw it and purchased a copy of Home

my oldest one is about 6 months old

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