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12-22-2022 09:43 AM
Due to the fact that the HP Stream only has a 32G internal hard drive, I tried to use Tiny 10 ( a bloatware free version of Windows 10.) It works fine but won't allow me to activate it. When I try it tells me my product key is invalid. I verified the digital key and tried to enter it manually in the activation block. Anyone dealing with this planned obsolescence issue?
12-22-2022 10:11 AM
@EACBOSS wrote:... I tried to use Tiny 10 ( a bloatware free version of Windows 10.) It works fine but won't allow me to activate it. When I try it tells me my product key is invalid. ..
You have to ask Microsoft. Looks like it is an illegal copy of Windows 10. Well you can rebuild Windows 10 on your mahine using Cloud Recovery tool
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205
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12-22-2022 12:04 PM
@Banhien there is nothing illegal about the Windows Key that was encoded into the Stream machine. The bloatware version of Windows 10 now occupies the entire 32G... that's why I want to use the Tiny version of Windows (it only requires 17 Gig.) Asking Microsoft anything is like shouting in a well and hoping there is someone down there!
01-20-2023 09:13 PM
If the key is illegal then HP is placing illegal key codes in the system tatoo. It is bad enough the Stream is limited to a 32 Gig system hard drive but embedding an invalid/illegal activation code is criminal.
02-20-2023 04:40 PM
Thanks for posting this
I have 2 follow up questions:
1) What Stream Device are you using? I am Trying this on a Stream 7
2) What version of Tiny 10 did you use - Where did you get it?
3) If you were successful with a Stream 7 or 8 how were you able to use the 64-bit version?
- Ok that was 3 questions - Thanks!
03-21-2023 01:26 AM
I got the same situation running Tiny10 with my aged HP laotop, it is running so smoothly, but I had no idea how to activate it , finally I got a Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 Product Key from keyingo.com, it activated the Tiny 10 successfully