Hi, I received an old company computer as a company gift. It came with windows 10 enterprise. I am now getting a pop up saying "windows license will expire soon". When will the license expire? Do I need to buy a Windows license? Can I go back to the Windows version that came installed with the computer which I believe should be at no additional cost? Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thank you for your support. I will try to install Windows 10 and see what happens. I would imagine the PC originally came with a different version of Windows and it was upgraded to Windows Enterprise at the company.

The Get Started button is light shaded and unavailable. Microsoft first starts by asking if I want to get Windows 10, and give me a bullet list to choose from: 1 for a previous version of Windows not my case ; 2 For a Mac not my case ; and 3 Upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro also not my case.

You can only clean install a lesser edition, Home or Pro if you are on Enterprise. All data will be wiped so the first thing you need to do is backup all your personal files. If there's a chance the computer came with Windows 10 preinstalled either Home or Pro then the licence key will be embedded in the bios.

If the 25 character key is there t will be displayed. Check for that and post back the result. Again, Thank you very, very much!!! It worked. I typed the Product Key in Activation. I now have Windows 10 Pro. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. Can someone please advise what I should do? Thank you,. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. DaveM Independent Advisor. Hi lcasco That licence will expire within a month, and you will not be able to activate that again, it is a company licence and needs to be re-armed on a regular basis form the company servers.

If that PC originally came with Windows 10 Home or Pro, then you can clean install that version and it will self-activate Otherwise you would need to purchase a licence for Windows 10 Home or Pro and clean install that version.

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In reply to DaveM's post on April 10, Thank you for your number. Do you have an number? Thank you again. I've tried to check for two options Go back to previous version Explore the possibility of purchasing Windows I tried the Upgrade from older version option but Microsoft says to buy a new computer. In reply to lcasco's post on April 11, In reply to neilpzz's post on April 11, Thank you.

Yes, I was able to get the original product key. Please tell me what to do next. I'm glad that worked for you. I'm a little surprised that Enterprise downgraded to Pro so easily however, it would normally take a clean install. Pauli O. In reply to justiceobinna's post on April 12, Depends if you have an OEM licence embedded in the bios. From a previous post. This site in other languages x.

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It also gives me the option to change the product key but I don't have one. Is there anything I can do to fix this? You need to activate Windows in PC Settings. How to fix this issue and finally turn off this alert? Thus, make sure that as long as you make a decision to work on Windows 10, you should purchase a legit copy of it. Only with licensed Windows 10 version, can it does not expire before it has to.

Because your Windows license has expired, you should see the failed activation option on your screen with some sentences with red color. Now you need to click on Troubleshoot button and let the wizard to fix it.

It will detect activation problems and show the consequence for you. Try to fix Windows 10 license will expire soon error with reactivate Windows 10 manually by dong this:. Step 1. Step 2. Tap on OK button on Command completed successfully screen, then reboot your Windows 10 computer. Step 3. After restarting, go to Activation page in Settings app, and hit on Change product key link. Then enter the licensed unique product key.

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