The human operator will then turn you back over to the automated telephone system, which after a few brief instructions will read your Confirmation ID to you.I’ve found you can read it to them relatively quickly and they keep up just fine and if you speak clearly, you usually only have to read it once. The human operator will then ask you to read them that number.The human operator will ask confirmation of what product you are trying to activate (Windows 10), and then they will ask you if you have an Installation ID (Yes – it’s on the same screen as the phone number you called).Tell it “Yes”, and then you will be taken to a human operator.
At the end, the system will ask you if you still need assistance. You already know this information, but simply wait for it to complete. The automated system will now describe the Internet Activation process to you.
You will first be walked through an automated menu where you must answer a few questions about what product you are trying to activate (Windows 10), whether you have previously activated it (No), and whether you have a product key (Yes).
Telephone activation should not be needed for Windows 10 anymore. See Microsoft’s Windows 10 Activation page. PLEASE NOTE: The instructions below are out of date and no longer appear to be working. Available: Windows 10 Home 64-bit OEM w/ DVD.
Available: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OEM w/ DVD.Please exercise caution and due diligence when selecting a vendor for OEM Windows licenses. In our experience, an OEM license should ALWAYS include a physical copy of the software vendors who are selling electronic product keys only (with no media) should be treated with extreme caution to avoid fraud.
Provided you can agree to and accept Microsoft’s OEM license terms, you can purchase an OEM license for Windows 10 at a reasonable discount from the full retail version. This post may contain affiliate links that at no additional cost to you, may earn us a small commission. *Disclosure: We only recommend products we would use ourselves and all opinions expressed here are our own.