Windows Setup will use these files automatically during installation. Run Windows Setup. Setup uses these files during the Windows PE configuration pass as soon as it is launched. Note An answer file takes precedence over these files. If you use an answer file during installation, Windows Setup ignores the EI. For example:. Enter a different product key. Work with Product Keys and Activation. Windows Setup Command-Line Options. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services.

Privacy policy. Skip to main content. Contents Exit focus mode. Using EI. Some have a pirated copy of Windows which is either done intentionally or by a PC repair shop , some install a wrong version of Windows during a reinstall, some do a motherboard change hence the PC activation becomes void etc. The case 2 is fairly common, where the user installs a different version of Windows during a clean install most commonly choosing Windows 10 Home rather than Windows 10 Home Single Language , rather than he has the license for.

This also applies to when a user sends a PC for repair to a shop where they install either a pirated copy or a different edition of Windows.

I would be discussing this case in this article. If your Windows is not activated after a clean install and you believe you have a genuine license, first of all run the activation troubleshooter. The activation troubleshooter should tell you what is wrong with your license.

Running the Windows 10 activation troubleshooter. Let us take an example. The activation troubleshooter would say something like this:. In that case, you would have to do a Reinstallation of the correct version of Windows as downgrading editions is not possible.

Here are the references for doing a clean install:. Usually, the installation of the wrong edition of Windows is due to people not knowing that what version license do they have.

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The edition configuration EI. You can use these files to automate the product-key entry page in Windows Setup instead of using an answer file. If you use an EI. You can reuse the product key in the product ID file for multiple installations. The product key in the product ID file is only used to install Windows. This key is not used to activate Windows. For more information, see Work with Product Keys and Activation. Windows Setup will use these files automatically during installation.

Run Windows Setup. Setup uses these files during the Windows PE configuration pass as soon as it is launched. Note An answer file takes precedence over these files. If you use an answer file during installation, Windows Setup ignores the EI. For example:. Enter a different product key. Work with Product Keys and Activation. Windows Setup Command-Line Options. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services.

Privacy policy. Skip to main content. Contents Exit focus mode. Using EI. The EI. The PID. Troubleshooting “The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Yes No. Any additional feedback? Skip Submit. Is this page helpful?