 A seeming problem with Microsoft's Windows activation servers wich caused a number of Windows 10 users to see false messages informing them they were running non-activated software. At the end of the day (U.S. Eastern time) on November 8, some users were reporting these issues were resolved. On November 8, a number of users who had activated and licensed copies of Windows 10 Pro began receiving messages saying they needed to install Windows 10 Home or go back and purchase a "genuine" copy of Windows. This included both Windows Insider testers and those builds released to mainstream users (including some users with the Windows 10 October 2018 update/1809). Some users said they had contacted Microsoft support and were told incorrectly they needed to repurchase licenses or somehow obtain new product keys. (And some people said they did this.) Some users also said they followed the instructions they received in the erroneous messages and rolled back to Windows 10 Home. Meanwhile, Microsoft officials said very little officially about what was happening. In the afternoon (ET) of November 8, after asking Microsoft for an update on the situation, I got the following message from a spokesperson: read more on our Forum  Some Windows 10 users are having problems with their Pro licenses today, as users on the company's Community Forums and Reddit are reporting that their Windows 10 Pro systems are saying they are not activated, and telling users to install Windows 10 Home instead. Most of the reports appear to be coming from users who obtained the Windows 10 license thanks to the free upgrade path Microsoft offered back in 2015, suggesting that the issue is somehow related to it. According to some of the reports, while the system says that users have a Windows 10 Home license, the Microsoft Store link in the settings page blocks them from attempting to buy a Pro license. Microsoft has since acknowledged an ongoing issue with its activation servers, which is causing systems to falsely report this information, commenting that the problem should be fixed within a couple of days. Microsoft also says that the Windows activation troubleshooter may report that you have a Home license, but users are advised to ignore this message and wait for the problem to be resolved on Microsoft's side. Windows should reactivate as normal, assuming your key or digital license was genuine before all this happened. Microsoft has not yet commented officially on any of its Twitter accounts that it has been fixed, despite 27 pages and counting of complaints on its Community forums post. Visit OUR FORUM for further details.  A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft rolled out a cumulative update (KB4462933) for Windows 10 version 1803. The cumulative update was rolled out on October 24 for users who have installed Windows 10 April 2018 Update and it fixed several issues with the OS. The cumulative update came with fixes for BSOD issue which occurred while removing the Bluetooth devices from the computer along with fixing a bug which prevented the launch of Windows Defender Application Guard. The company back then not acknowledged any issues in the cumulative update but Microsoft has quietly updated the support document to confirm two bugs hitting Windows 10. Microsoft says that the cumulative update has broken the Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge. Launching this menu will no longer work on PCs with Windows 10 version 1803. The second issue which Microsoft has acknowledged is a bug that occurs after installing the August Preview of Quality Rollup or September 11, 2018, .NET Framework update. After installation, there will be an exception with the instantiation of SqlConnection. As a temporary workaround, Microsoft has detailed the points to manually resolve the issue. We have the temporary workaround posted on OUR FORUM. |
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