Windows – 8.1 to 10 setup : Something happened > Setup has failed to validate the product key

product-keywindows 10windows-10-upgradewindows-activation

Just like millions of other users, I'm attempting to upgrade to windows 10. I have a Dell laptop running 8.1, which had windows reinstalled once. That was because I swapped the HDD out for a SSD and I used a usb stick provided by dell to do the reinstallation. On a second laptop (identical make, model and SSD swap) I did the exact same procedure in everything and it's working like a charm…this one however keeps failing with the error described in the title (well….at least I think it translates to that, as I run the Dutch version). So far I tried a lot of things I found on the internet and nothing works so far.

Any help is greatly appreciated, as I am going to need the Edge browser in the near future.

Picture of the error

Best Answer

After trying again for many times I figured it might be a software conflict of sorts, I created a new user account and tried it from there and it worked like a charm! I hope this helps others !