![]() Enter the following generic Windows 10 Pro key: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T.Go to Settings > Activation > Change Product Key. ![]() When I went to Settings > Activation > Change Product Key, the key simply wouldn’t work and I got error code 0xC004F050 which was no help at all.Īfter a lot of Googling, I figured out what to do to get my cheap Windows 10 Pro OEM key to work: With this new machine, I did have a problem using this cheap OEM key, but it turns out it wasn’t the key but rather how Microsoft handles upgrades from an OEM version of Windows 10 Home (in this case from Lenovo) to a generic OEM Windows 10 Pro key. Kinguin just exploits the fact that Microsoft sells OEM keys in other countries dirt cheap and it is legal to activate said keys anywhere in the world.) ( Note: I was leery of for years because the prices were too good to be true, but I have since bought four OEM keys from them in the last year and they all worked just fine. ![]() Instead of paying Microsoft’s war price of $99 for the upgrade, I headed on over to and bought a Windows 10 Pro OEM Key (with buyer protection) for $35. That’s fine for most people, but as a Windows nerd, I need Hyper-V support, the Group Policy editor, the packaged app controls, etc. It’s a great machine, but it came with Windows 10 Home edition. I just bought a Lenovo Yoga 720-13ikb laptop to replace a broken laptop that wasn’t worth fixing.
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