okay now it works i will follow the steps, just after i sent the message :)
My windows deactivated and i dont know how to activate it again.
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James Jagza
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About a week ago i was cleaning out my computer and blowing dust out to clean it. After this my computer stopped having errors and blue screens which is good however, it for some reason deactivated windows. I keep having the watermark and it infuriates me. I think i might have updated something but im not quite sure(i was running stuff like sfc and dism), it was activated from the day i bought it from PC Specialist Pre Built. (2-3 years ish) and now its deactivated. Please, if you can help me figure out what happened and how i can reactivate windows again without having to buy another key would do me wonders.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-06T00:02:48.5766667+00:00 -
EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur2025-12-06T02:55:44.7366667+00:00 Good.. It seems like the computer was processing everything a bit slower.
Is the activation issue also resolved?
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-06T15:03:13.3166667+00:00 so its the next day and i went to bed after installing the stuff on my USB. i have done the setup thing and was stuck in the installing windows blue screen for around 2 hours seemingly stuck at 36%.
i just need to know if that was the correct page and if its meant to do that. Thanks-
EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-06T15:49:41.87+00:00 It seems like your computer is running extremely slow for some reason, because when you ran the command, the pop up took some time to come up, when you ran the exe file, it also took a while to launch.
Has it been always this slow?
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-06T23:05:56.8333333+00:00 i mean yeah. i dont know why, might just be my internet
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-06T23:17:39.5033333+00:00 Ok, keep me posted.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-06T23:49:05.7666667+00:00 again, when i try to open the setup it takes ages. i havent even gotten to the part where i can choose what to keep. it just wont open or load.
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-06T23:50:22.73+00:00 Do a clean boot using this instruction: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd
Make sure you follow the instruction closely and do NOT disable the Microsoft services.
Then see if it is faster running it in clean boot environment.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T00:01:05.2233333+00:00 so when you say microsoft services, do you mean everything that says microsoft corporation or stuff like windows defender
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-07T00:05:03.91+00:00 I meant step 3 in the instruction very specifically, make sure you follow closely.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T00:18:57.3366667+00:00 i have done that and it still doesn't boot. i have restarted my pc multiple times and still nothing. it worked once yesterday but now sometimes it shows up with the windows logo and then disappears and doesn't do anything else.
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-07T00:31:36.7933333+00:00 That USB you have, did you manage to run the Windows media creation tool and create the installation media, meaning having the tool download the files into the USB? Or you didn't get that far?
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T00:48:54.9333333+00:00 it loaded and i clicked next ( on the install windows menu) and then it just vanished, i am very confused. i am going to sleep now because its 1am. i will try again tomorrow. hopefully tomorrow it will work. thank you for your help so far
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-07T00:53:16.1133333+00:00 Ok good night. Try again tomorrow and let me know how it goes.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T17:37:47.4566667+00:00 Hello again, im not sure if this is supposed to be happening but everytime i load up my PC it comes up with this. just wanna know if this is normal and if im doing anything wrong because it still isnt booting the windows setup.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T17:40:55.2633333+00:00 i am also seeing that whenever i run the setup it opens 3 tasks on task manager, then after a second it comes up with multiple windows reporting error tasks and then they vanish
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-07T17:48:48.8466667+00:00 You can ignore those. They can be normal. But does the setup.exe from the flash drive run through? That's all it matters.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T17:50:26.1833333+00:00 it does after a while, i launched it around 5ish minutes ago and it just loaded
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-07T17:53:40.56+00:00 Ok, now just give it time and see if it runs through. Your computer just seems to run extremely slow. And I am hoping this repair process can address the slowness issue, so let's just give it plenty of time and try not to do other things on the computer right now to make it even slower.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T21:44:24.9166667+00:00 it has been stuck on 36% for 3 hours now. it doesn't change and I have no idea what to do. please help
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-07T21:48:59.97+00:00 I'm thinking of letting it run overnight so it can hopefully load.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-08T17:00:43.85+00:00 yeah so it is not working, i let it run for over 5 hours and it was just stuck on 36%. i am completely stumped,
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-08T17:15:55.8433333+00:00 If the computer is crawling this slow for everything you do, I fear you might want to consider backing up your data, and consider a clean install.
Video tutorial is available here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsinsider/cleaninstall?msockid=2f024275e21f64ea3c9c52cde3346537 (This link is only available in English unfortunately, please use the browser translation if need to).
Go to the computer's BIOS boot menu to have it boot from the USB drive. Make sure the USB drive with the installation file is inserted.
Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows 11, making sure to choose "Custom install" and select the option to delete all existing partitions.
Once the installation is complete, you'll have a clean installation of Windows 11 on your computer.
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James Jagza 0 Reputatiepunten
2025-12-09T08:40:15+00:00 so I have done those steps and it has worked, all of my data was deleted but now it isn't showing that I need need activate windows. thank you so much and if I need anymore help I will contact here again. now to download at 3mb a second for the next year😄
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EmilyS726 272.9K Reputatiepunten Onafhankelijke adviseur
2025-12-09T13:14:28.01+00:00 I am glad it is sorted now.
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