You may not know, but more than 40% of Windows users do not have an official license, and if you are here it is because you want to belong to this select group of freeware lovers .
Many people are afraid to install an operating system with a pirate license, but the risks are not as many as you think, since there are currently very safe methods that anyone can apply to perform a clean installation that does not cause problems .
In this article we will teach you step by step how to install Windows 10 from scratch completely free using generic keys that we will also share here. At the end of the reading you should be an expert on the subject without a doubt .
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What are the risks of installing a free licensed operating system?
First of all we must hunt myths, although we must recognize that there are some risks. Getting a product or free payment service is piracy. So he is still exempt from all the dangers of that world. But on the internet there is no problem that has no solution:
Virus in the OS
The main fear of people is evident; the virus. If installing an infected application is already a problem, imagine what it will be like to do the same with an operating system, the consequences can be really disastrous, we will not deny it .
However, in the method we will teach you there is no such risk because you will not have to download anything from an unknown source . Here you will obtain the version of the operating system directly from the Microsoft database, what you will obtain by illegal means is the serial for its activation, which is nothing more than a 5 octet code that you only have to copy and paste.
Driver compatibility issues
Another recurring question is to download an OS that has compatibility issues with certain essential drivers. This is a real thing as there are many complaints from users who have had this happen when downloading the ISO image from a “trick” database .
But again this should not be a problem for us, because as we told you above, you will not download anything from an unknown source, but directly from the huge Microsoft oven .
Legal problems
Well, it’s no secret to anyone that piracy is illegal, but in Spain this applies to distributors and not so strictly on the consumer, or at least for now. In the worst case in this regard what can happen is that Microsoft realizes that you use a “trick” license and deactivate your OS , which you can solve with a hard reset to perform a reinstallation.
Steps to install and activate Windows 10 for free using generic license keys
Well, now that we have scared ghosts from your head, we proceed to teach you how to perform a clean and error-free installation and activation of Windows 10, so you can enjoy the benefits of this operating system as long as you want.
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Create installation medium
Well, the first thing we have to do is create a means of installation. This is nothing more than obtaining a ISO image of W10 to later burn it to a CD / DVD or to a Booteable USB. In turn They can do in two ways, but for both you will need to download the Media Creation Tool , tool that you can download from the company’s official website at this link:
Download Media Creation Tool
Once the tool has been downloaded, which will take a while depending on your internet connection, you must start it and it will show you a window with the question «What do you want to do?», what you should respond by selecting the option: “ Create installation media (USB Flash Drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC”.
The following will be that you choose the ISO specifications that you are going to download, choosing the version and edition of the OS, as well as the language and other details. Now you must choose the type of medium. If it is a Pendrive choose “USB Flash Drive”, and if it is a CD / DVD choose “ISO Image”, and then select “Next”.
Now you must wait for the ISO image of Windows 10 to download completely , which will take an hour or more since the file weighs 8GB. Once you download it, you simply have to save it to the USB or save it to a CD/DVD.
This same process can also be done using an external tool called Rufus, an easy-to-use executable file to perform this process faster. What you should do is download the tool from this link :
Download Rufus
Once you have it downloaded the steps to follow are as follows:
- After the download you will have an executable .exe that you must open by right clicking on it and selecting the “Run as administrator” option.
- Now you must insert the USB formatted in Fat32 format. Once this is done, we will select «Device» in the program interface and choose the corresponding USB.
- Then you must click «Disk or ISO image (Please choose)» and use the Windows browser to find the ISO image of the one you downloaded with the Creation Media Tool. If you don’t have it yet, you must click on «Download» and indicate the Windows edition, the architecture, the language and other OS details.
- Finally we expect the download to complete and fill in the “Partition scheme” fields as “MBR”, “Destination system” as “BIOS UEFI” and the “ File System” as in Fat32 and we click on subsequently Start.
After this you will have a Booteable USB Pendrive to perform a W10 installation as if you were a professional. Now what we have to do is start the installation and then activate the OS.
These will be the easiest steps to perform without any doubt:
Install Windows from 0
Well, since we have our pendrive to install and activate our new Windows, what we have to do is proceed with the installation of it. This is something you can do in a very short time, it won’t take you more than a couple of minutes.
The steps to follow are as explained below:
- What you should do is insert the USB or CD / DVD with the W10 ISO into the corresponding port and proceed to restart your computer. Once you do this you must enter the BIOS of it , which is a boot mode to install operating systems on all computers.
- To access it you simply press the corresponding key after the logo of the equipment manufacturer comes out ( is usually f8, f11, f12, delete ).
- Once you enter the BIOS you must Find the bootable drive you just created to start the OS installation . Microsoft will guide you with an installation wizard where you will only have to fill in some personal information and little else. After that you will arrive at a window in which you will be asked “Activate Windows”.
Basically at this point the operating system is already installed, it simply needs to be installed, which we will teach you to do in the next section.
Activate W10 with generic keys
Well, to continue the above you simply have to type the 25-digit password that the operating system asks for in the “Activate Windows 10 ” window. For that you can use one of those that we share below according to the edition of your W10:
- Windows 10 Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99.
- Windows 10 Home Single Language: 7HNRX-D7KGG -3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH.
- Windows 10 Pro: VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T.
- Windows 10 Enterprise: 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH.
Another way to activate Windows is after installation. Microsoft offers you a free trial for a while to test the OS without limitations.
What you must do to activate the product at this point is the following:
- Log in with an account with administrator benefits and go directly to the “Settings” menu. To do this you must click on the «Start» button below and to the left and then on the gear icon. Within this window go to “Update and Security”.
- At this point you should simply click on “Activation” and then you will have to enter one of the codes we share above.
Well, something you should keep in mind is that these keys are only temporary, so they are generic. To have the full version of the program forever, you must first of all perform the steps outlined above but apply one of the following licenses depending on the edition you have downloaded:
- Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99
- Home N: 3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM
- Home Single Language: 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH
- Home Country Specific: PVMJN-6DFY6-9CCP6 -7BKTT-D3WVR
- Professional: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
- Professional N: MH37W-N47XK- V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9
- Education: NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2
- Education N: 2WH4N-8QGBV -H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ
- Enterprise: NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
- Enterprise N: DPH2V- TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4
Then proceed to execute the steps that we are going to teach you now to perform without any problem:
- With Windows 10 installed you must click on «Start» and select the option «Windows PowerShell», which is the equivalent of «Symbol of the system » of a lifetime.
- With the terminal open you must execute the command“ slmgr / ipk yourlicensekey ”, then the command“ slmgr / skms kms8.msguides.com ”and to end the command“ slmgr / ato ”.
With that you can enjoy Windows 10 fully activated 100% for as long as you want. It is simply up to you to make the most of it.
Verify activation of W10
Finally we will teach you to verify that your OS is fully activated and that you can use it without any limitation. This is something very easy to do, you just have to follow the steps that we are going to recommend below:
- Log in with an administrator account and go directly to the “Settings” menu . To do this you must click on the «Start», button and then on the gear icon. Within this window go to “Update and Security”.
- At this point you should simply click on personally Activation given.
In this window you can not only enter your activation keys, but you can also see the status of the OS, if you are still asked to enter a license key, then it means that your Windows is not active and that you made some of the steps badly.
Where to find keys to activate Windows 10 forever?
The issue of activation keys is sensitive because it is likely that not all you find are active at that time. This is because the keys are unique and once someone uses it and nobody else can do it because it is registered with the first Microsoft account that does.
There is no database that is specifically dedicated to generating pirate activation keys for Windows 10. There are simply portals that, like us, share some keys that can be generic and work a long time, or that may already be used, so that for now we cannot tell you a precise way to find Microsoft license keys .
Other methods to get Windows 10 completely free
Well, we have tried to teach you the cleanest method of installing and activating this operating system in the easiest way possible. However, if it has not worked well for you, then you can opt for other methods. Of course, it will be difficult to guarantee security in all of them.
With an activator
The most commonly used solution is to use an activator, which is an executable that can corrupt the Windows 10 code to allow you to activate it with a license of doubtful origin. This is a process that is done after installing W10, but it has many detractors .
For starters, countless users have been known to claim to have been victims of personal information violation for using these programs, which has given them a very bad reputation.
Download a version «pirate»
The other alternative you have to get a full version of Windows 10 in any of its editions is to simply proceed to download a pirate ISO image that already comes with all the arrangements made so you don’t have to activate nothing .
Again this method is conflicting as it lends itself to information theft and a long etcetera of bad intensities .