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Privacy policy. Starting at Windows 10 Creators Update build , Windows activation behavior has changed. Instead, the system behaves as follows:. Windows 10 including all versions starting at Windows 10 Creators Update is deployed to a device by having the appropriate default product key. For example, it's upgraded from build to build Instead, these commands show the default product key. I created the USB disc as instructed except that my old HP Chinese keyboard didn't have a left square parentheses key to add the text you indicated.

I downloaded a free key changing program and reassigned the key listed for that parentheses to F9 which was on the keyboard. I needed to reboot the computer to effect the change. That's where the problem started. The reboot put me into the blue screen troubleshooting program and nothing I've done gets me out of that. I've tried all the repairs and new installations of Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro which were listed as new installs.

Now I have options to change into one of three Windows 10 listed programs but a reboot always puts me back into the Windows Home disc program offering a new install or a repair none of which will start Windows on my computer. This is beyond frustration as the original crash on my working desktop happened during copying some non commercial dvd's which led to a boot failure which led to a new installation losing my installed programs which has brought me to a computer that won't start.

I can reinstall most programs once I have a working Windows 10 Pro computer which I had before the crash.

I clearly need your help before I make a bigger mess.