All of a sudden, just out of the blue, after I had re-installed some software this afternoon, I now all of a sudden get a faint in grey overdubbed message in lower right hand side of monitor that my current Windows 10 x64 Pro which was upgraded 4 years ago for free with a legit Windows 7 x64 Pro key, needs activation. Eh? Where did that Easter Bunny Rabbit from Microsoft spring from? It has been activated for years that I even managed to Update to the latest 1909 Update successfully. If it was not activated as MS claim, how the hell did it Update then? When I try to run the Activation Troubleshoot, it comes up with Error Code 0xC00F012. Because Windows refuses to let me update a Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller driver dated 2013 to the latest one from Asus for the Z87A mobo, despite trying everything searches suggested, I have had to do 5-6 System Restores as any attempt to update that driver stops the Network icon in the taskbar showing. So, now I am stuck with an outdated Network Controller driver as well as an Activation issue. Can anyone help please, anyone?
I do as it's still on the plastic sleeve of the Windows 7 x64 Pro disk, which in itself was a Student Discounted special Upgrade from Windows XP Pro. But how do I go about activating it? Do I just go here as per attached? Thanks for your reply, btw.
yea you "reactivate" a butt ton of times in a single day and wonder why there's a flag raised why does a 2013 network adapter need to be updated in the first place... hope to jump to the 2015 driver that fixes some random who gives a crap issue? in my list of driver upgrade priorities a realtek network driver is about as low as a sata update on spinning rust
Thanks for your constructive help instead of the crass comments below. I need philosophers right now like a hole in a head!
Not quite in the spirit of the community that fella, not sure what type of forums you're usually on but bit-tech rolls a little differently. We all have bad days, this lock down has got us all going a little crazy but we have got to help each other not have little digs.
