Windows 10 activating issues

I am wondering if any body else has tried to install windows 10 from the iso and it not activating i have done this on 2 different computers and have had this issue. yes i tried to troubleshoot the issue with Microsoft and got there usual response when nothing works which is contact the computer manufacture i have followed there directions from there site and it has not worked note i have only used flash drives and not the cd. the only fix i know of is to roll back to the previous version of windows.

How did you obtain this ISO?

If you are doing the free upgrade to Windows 10 you MUST do an upgrade on top of an existing Windows 7/8.1 installation before attempting a clean install.

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Here is something you can do. Before you upgrade a PC download the upgrade exe from Microsoft. When you run it it will ask if you want to upgrade this PC or another. Chose another and just apply the image to a USB stick. Once complete, run the setup again and upgrade your PC. After the upgrade use a key puller to pull your free W10 key. Use the USB stick and free key to do a clean install.

URL to the download is on my big rig. I'll try to find it tomorrow and update.

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Here is a link to do what I explained in the above post. Both 32 bit and 64 bit are available.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10