Repair Windows 10 using a USB Bootable with an older Windows 10 build

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Tried to use the Reset This PC feature and I get an error saying "there was a problem resetting your PC so can I repair my PC using a USB Bootable drive with an older Windows 10 build? My current one is the Anniversary edition

 

[USAFRet]

Tried to use the Reset This PC feature and I get an error saying "there was a problem resetting your PC so can I repair my PC using a USB Bootable drive with an older Windows 10 build? My current one is the Anniversary edition

It should work.
Give it a try.

 

[Rhinofart]

did the error give you any other information? Any log files, BSOD, ANYTHING?

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

not really...no errors at all

 

[Rhinofart]

Nothing in Event Viewer either? I'd suspect that something would have been written to Event Viewer.

 

[USAFRet]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from NDDU Julius BSIT : "What can be activated using Windws RTM CoreSingleLanguage OEM: DM"

I will rephrase my question...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3311403/version-windows-rtm-coresinglelanguage-oem.html
which version of Windows 10 can be activated using this key?

I will rephrase my question...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3311403/version-windows-rtm-coresinglelanguage-oem.html
which version of Windows 10 can be activated using this key?

What was originally installed on the laptop?
Win 10 Home?

As said elsewhere....create your own USB or DVD
Wipe and reinstall...killing off whatever your 'idiot engineer' did.
It should, in theory, activate what was on the laptop originally.

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from NDDU Julius BSIT : "What version of Windows is an RTM CoreSingleLanguage OEMM?"

What version of Windows is an RTM CoreSingleLanguage OEM: DM?
Currently running windows 10 here

What version of Windows is an RTM CoreSingleLanguage OEM: DM?
Currently running windows 10 here

That's not a 'version'.
RTM = Release To Manufacturer.

What are you actually asking?

So... what version of Windows 10 can I use it?

So... what version of Windows 10 can I use it?

It is whatever was released to the manufacturers, just before it was released for retail sale.

1. Where did you obtain this?
2. Do you have a valid license key for this?

Yeah it is an embedded key in my system (laptop)

I would like to know how can I activate my laptop using this key which was an OEM key I suppose.
That idiot engineer who fixed my laptop used keygen instead of my OEM key

I would like to know how can I activate my laptop using this key which was an OEM key I suppose.
That idiot engineer who fixed my laptop used keygen instead of my OEM key

1. Assuming this system was originally installed with Win 10, you do not need a 'license key'
2. Just do a full wipe and reinstall. It should just activate itself
3. Never, ever patronize that 'idiot engineer' again

Create your own DVD or USB install from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

can it activate windows 10 pro?

can it activate windows 10 pro?

Almost certainly not.
What was on it originally? Home?
That's what you get.

I don't know... it was running Windows 10 Pro before I sent it back for warranty

 

[USAFRet]

OK...I've merged all this into one, because it is the same question.


Was the laptop new or used when you got it?
If new, what was on it?
If used...what was on it, how did it get there, was it valid (not 'idiot engineer'), was it actually activated?
Where did the WIN 10 Pro come from?

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Yes it was brand new...complete with the box, manual, wrappers, stickers, and everything....
It was only opened when the shop owner tested out the device to see if it was working
I remember while using it for the first time seeing the activation waiting for me to activate my key online

 

[USAFRet]

Yes it was brand new...complete with the box, manual, wrappers, stickers, and everything....
It was only opened when the shop owner tested out the device to see if it was working
I remember while using it for the first time seeing the activation waiting for me to activate my key online

So did it come with Win 10 Pro?
Did you actually activate it?

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Yes it came with Windows 10 Pro
I was not able to activate it because I sent it back for warranty as soon as I could because I needed it for my programming at school

 

[USAFRet]

Yes it came with Windows 10 Pro
I was not able to activate it because I sent it back for warranty as soon as I could because I needed it for my programming at school

So...
Create a new Win 10 Pro install DVD or USB
Install it (wipe whatever crap your idiot put on there)
See what happens with the activation.

If it fails, you may need to call the manufacturer, Microsoft, or wherever you got the Win 10 Pro from.

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Okay I will try that later thanks...
Keep you posted for any updates

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Okay finally took it to the shop and they said it used to be running on Windows 10 Home (I did not notice though) and the engineer installed a pirated copy of Win 10 Pro because he did not know what version it was running originally and he did not know where to get my OEM key... well he is stupid

 

[USAFRet]

Okay finally took it to the shop and they said it used to be running on Windows 10 Home (I did not notice though) and the engineer installed a pirated copy of Win 10 Pro because he did not know what version it was running originally and he did not know where to get my OEM key... well he is stupid

Don't patronize that shop anymore.
If he is that clueless, what other idiot things is he doing?

Installing a pirate OS on a customers system? Major fail.
(and this is not the first time he did this)

 

[NDDU Julius BSIT]

Yeah I told the shop to never trust that over shop ever again...Dad filed a case against the engineer and we won lol...