Activate Enterprise Evaluation Windows 10

[Donat Ruel]

Im using the Windows 10 Evaluation software (been using the software for years) but since a few days when I install the OS it gives an 'license has expired' and 'product key has been blocked' when I try to activate.

have you ever installed the ISO from the evaluation center? then you know that it is pre-pidded (eg: is has a product key factory installed that can be activated for an unlimited amount of times but it only activated windows for 90 days and then the installation is expired

@HotCakeX This exact same behaviour happens to me. For posterity, I am a fully licensed Windows 10 user with a copy of Windows 10 Professional. I use the Evaluation version to build test machines in Hyper-V that I use for blogging. Since 2015, I have been able to rearm each Windows 10 evaluation version twice and then rebuild them once the evaluation expires. As I am constantly running tests this model works perfectly - these are not production machines and are regularly rebuilt.

As the OP says this model of using the evaluation version for testing (surprisingly, that's what it is meant for!) has worked for nearly six years, yet last week, ALL product keys for Windows 10 evaluation are now blocked. EVERY version of Windows 10 (from RTM through to 20H2) now shows "product key blocked". I created a brand new VM and installed from a freshly-downloaded copy of the Windows 10 Enterprise ISO - the same happened, instantly expired and blocked.

It's all very well claiming "you must buy a copy" but for ALREADY FULLY LICENSED USERS running VMs on (Windows 10!) Hyper-V for evaluation purposes, how many copies do I need to buy to use the virtualization software Microsoft have provided? As OP said, this model has worked since inception and clearly Microsoft have now blacklisted or blocked the evaluation keys.

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If you are testing an evaluation version of Windows 10 and decided to upgrade to the full version, you will face a stumbling block. The evaluation version offered is of the Enterprise edition but Microsoft does not support any way to convert the evaluation version to a fully licensed version of enterprise edition! You cannot change the edition with DISM commands or using any other method. Even if you download the ISO image of the enterprise edition of Windows 10 and try to upgrade the existing "evaluation" OS, it will not allow you to proceed.

Here is a workaround which lets you upgrade Windows 10 Evaluation to the Full version easily.

Using a simple Registry tweak, we can unblock the upgrade and use the setup program of the full version on the installed Windows 10 evaluation edition. This will preserve all installed apps and settings. Follow these simple steps:

try creating a Win10 enterprise install media to a USB flash drive. then run the Win10 enterprise install thru the usb drive.

I sometimes get installation errors because of bad installation media thru DVD media.

Thanks, Sergey! 3 years later and this still works perfectly. I just did it with the latest W10 1803 Enterprise EVAL with no issues and it really saved me from the needless pain of having to reinstall everything.

Thanks so much. Since I manage several projects with competing environments, I decided to create a VM for my newest project. Since Hyper-V was so accommodating about it, I used an evaluation copy, thinking that, of course, they would make it easy for me to upgrade to a paid copy when the evaluation time was up. Your advice here was the difference between having to re-create the entire environment and just being able to work.

I followed Blubster instructions and I was able to install Windows 10 Enterprise over Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation, keeping all the apps and personal info. This saved me a considerable amount of time and aggravation by not having to do a clean OS install, install all the apps, migrate personal info, restore backups, etc.

This article is made for IT pros that have access to win 10 enterprise and stumble onto this insanity by ms.

this is not a guide how to get win 10 enterprise, you wont. get a volume license contract first

Works like a charm! Tested on a AWS EC2 instance with October 2020 Widnows Enterprise Evaluation.

If someone try this with a remote instance note there was like 30-45 min until I was able to reconnect to the instance with RDP

Thank you, at first I had a problem, I took the key from a Microsoft partner hypestkey, but there was an error f050, I could not activate my key, but thanks to your guide I realized that the problem was that I had the evaluate version

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I've loaded safe mode, logged in as an admin and got to the desktop. I put in the new windows 2003 CD in the drive and the auto-run came up. However, the install option was blanked out and would not let me click it.

I went to the CD and ran the winnt32.exe file - after a few seconds a dialog box came up saying this version of windows did not support upgrading and that I would need to do a new install for it to work.

are you trying to upgrade from Enterprise Edition to for example Standard Edition? or else it should work, also try click the link in the autorun, I don't always feel good launching some file from the Windows CD without any parameters :p

I've found that if you need to speak to them and u have a full retail Product ID there is no problem contacting them for support, however if there is a OEM in the product ID you arn't entitled to this support and have to contact the OEM from which the CD came.

I may be wrong, but this works with most all of the other nt5 kernal os's. Pop in the cd and boot off of it like you would be doing a reinstall. The first screen will ask if you want to repair or install, say install. Eventually, when the install scans the HD, it will find an existing installation and will then ask if you want to repair. This should retain everything...registry, AD, I mean everything, but it will have you set up the normal stuff you do during install (like product key). I use this all of the time to fix XP machine (of course 2K3 is another ball game, but I should work)

What you do is, go into the BIOS, set your date 5 years in the future. Install any MS evaluation OS. After you boot into Windows one time, go back into your BIOS, and correct the year and now your OS will run for 2,005 days instead of 180 days.

I love these threads. Let see we have someone that can afford ENT version of 2k3, and some pretty heavy hardware - over 4gig of ram or more than 4 cpus, etc.. Or enough ram and the hardware that allows for hot swapping it out, etc.. These are about the only reason that ENT would be required.

of course if the install still has a timebomb in it you will have just used your good key to activate it and the timebomb will still be there so you will end up reinstalling and calling ms but your going to have to do that anyway if nothing else works ..

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