Have I received a cracked Windows 10?

[Windave]

I had no problem with mine. It activated without my having to do anything. I didn’t encounter an AutoKMS file! Have you tried running “sfc /scannow”, in case that shows up anything? If the hardware has been registered with Microsoft by Cube (???) then you could try a clean Windows 10 install, but you would lose your current win 10 installation unless you save a “System Image” first.

[Eiros]

Thank you for the response. I did run “sfc /scannow”, but it found no integrity violations. I also considered about clean install, but would prefer not to have all the hassle installing drivers and reinstalling all the programs that I already set up. Well, if nothing else helps I’ll probably contact Microsoft about verifying the product key and after that contact the vendor.

[Jason Dessenberg]

I just received mine last week and re-installed windows last weekend without an issue.  Nothing would surprise me though.

 

I would take pictures of the whole tablet showing the screens.  Then file a dispute with the vender.  They should be able to give you a product key that works.

[Eiros]

Thank you for the advice. I decided to do just that and contacted the vendor about the issue. I’ll wait for their response for now.

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