How to Activate Windows 10 For Free Permanently 2019 - We are Here With an Amazing Working Trick How to Activate Windows 10 For Free 2019. If You are also Facing Windows 10 Activation Watermark and want to Solve Then you are at Right Place.
Summary
This post provides step-by-step guide to help you activate Windows 10 by using CMD. Check how to activate Windows 10 with CMD but not with Windows 10 activation tool. If you need to recover lost data from Windows 10 computer, MiniTool data recovery software is a good choice.
After you install or reinstall Windows 10, it will ask you to activate Windows 10. If your Windows 10 system has not been activated, it will appear a watermark at the lower-right screen saying “Activate Windows. Go to Settings to activate Windows”. It would be annoying to have the watermark on screen.
Besides, if you don’t activate Windows 10, you can’t change the Windows Personalization settings like lock screen, wallpaper, theme, etc.
If you don’t want to buy a product key for Windows 10, you may find some free available Windows 10 product keys online and use them to activate Windows 10 permanently.
Before we learn how to activate Windows 10 with CMD, you can firstly check the edition of your installed Windows 10 system.
You can press Windows logo key and Pause/Break key on the keyboard at the same time to quickly check the Windows 10 edition of your computer.
How to Permanently Activate Windows 10 with CMD
Without third-party Windows 10 activation tools, you can activate Windows 10 with CMD for free. Here we’ll introduce how to activate Windows Enterprise edition with CMD.
Step 1. You can press Windows + R key on the keyboard to open Windows Run box. Type cmd, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open and run Windows Command Prompt as administrator.
Best 2 ways to boot to Command Prompt Windows 10. Check how to open Command Prompt at boot in Windows 10, how to repair Windows 10 using Command Prompt.
Step 2. After you enter into Windows 10 Command Prompt, you can copy and paste this command line: slmgr.vbs /upk, in the Command Prompt window. Hit Enter to execute the command.
Step 3. Next you can copy and paste this command line and hit Enter to install the Windows 10 product key: slmgr /ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43.
Step 4. Then you can type slmgr /skms zh.us.to command line and hit Enter.
Step 5. At last, copy and paste slmgr /ato and hit Enter to activate Windows 10 for free with CMD.
How to Activate Windows 10 Pro with CMD
Step 1. Click Start and type cmd, right-click Command Prompt app and choose Run as administrator.
Step 2. Copy and paste the following command line in Command Prompt window and hit Enter. If you find other keys for Windows 10 Pro, you can replace it with the key in the command line after slmgr /ipk.
slmgr /ipk W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
Step 3. Type the following command lines and remember to hit Enter after you type each line.
slmgr /skms kms.xspace.in
slmgr /ato
How to Check If Your Windows 10 Is Activated or Not
If you want to check whether your Windows 10 computer is activated or not, you can press Windows + R keys on the keyboard to open Run box, type slmgr.vbs -xpr in Run box and hit Enter.
Bottom Line
By following the steps above, you can easily activate Windows 10 for free with CMD.
If your Windows 10 computer has other problems, you can repair Windows 10 with 6 ways. If you lost some data in your Windows 10 computer, you can use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to easily recover lost data or mistakenly deleted files in 3 simple steps.
by Martin Brinkmann on November 12, 2014 in Windows - Last Update: February 28, 2019 - 230 comments
When you install Windows 10 anew on a PC or run it for the first time if it comes pre-installed with the computer, you create the first user account during that process.
This is the main account on the system and configured to be an administrator account by default, but it is not the only one that is created during that process.
Windows 10 creates two additional user accounts automatically which are both inactive by default. They are:
- Guest account
- Administrator account
The first is a guest account which Microsoft designed for users who access the device but don't have a permanent account on it.
Guest accounts are severely limited as it is not possible to install software or hardware, or modify system settings.
The administrator account
The second account that you find preinstalled on any Windows 10 device is the Administrator account.
It is also inactive by default and needs to be enabled before it can be used. While not required at all, it is often used for troubleshooting or administrative purposes when it is enabled.
A core difference between the administrator account of the user and the built-in administrator account is that the former receives UAC prompts while the latter does not. The first user account that is created by the actual user of the system on first start is an unelevated administrator account while the built-in Administrator account an elevated account.
It is relatively easy to enable or disable accounts on Windows 10 devices provided that you sign in with your admin account. You cannot make user account changes if you sign in with a regular account and don't have access to an admin account on the system.
The process involves running a series of commands from an elevated command line prompt. It is not possible to activate the default Administrator account on Windows 10 devices using the account related options found in the Settings application as default accounts are not listed there.
Enable the Administrator account
To enable the Windows 10 administrator account do the following (note: this works in older versions of Windows as well):
- Tap on the Windows-key. This should open the start menu or bring you to the Start Screen interface depending on how Windows 10 is configured on the system.
- Type cmd and wait for the results to be displayed.
- Right-click on the Command Prompt result (cmd.exe) and select 'run as administrator' from the context menu. Alternatively, hold down the Shift-key and the Ctrl-key before you start cmd.exe.
- Run the command net user to display a list of all user accounts on the system. You should see Administrator listed as one of the accounts.
- To activate the inactive administrator account, run the command net user administrator /active:yes
- Windows returns 'The command completed successfully' if the operation was successful. Check the spelling and that you are in an elevated command prompt interface if you get error messages.
- If you want to enable the guest account as well run the command net user guest /active:yes
Verify that the account is activate by running net user administrator from the command line prompt. Check 'account active' to verify the status of the account.
Change the password of the admin account
The administrator account is active after you run the commands mentioned above which means that you can sign in to the system using it. It is not password protected by default which means that anyone with local access to the system can use it to sign in to it. While that is comfortable, it may also be a security risk.
It is highly recommended to protect it with a password. This can also be done on the command line:
- Type net user administrator * and hit enter.
- You get a password prompt. Type the desired password and again when you are asked to type it a second time for confirmation.
Disable the administrator account
To disable accounts at any time, use the following command:
- On an elevated command prompt: net user administrator /active:no
Other commands of interested are:
- Net user administrator - Displays information about the user account on the command line.
- Net user username /delete - Deletes username on the system. This does not work with built-in accounts.
Tip: if you are running Windows 8, check out this guide which walks you through the procedure on this version of Windows.
Note: The following two methods work as well but they are only available on professional and Enterprise versions of the Windows 10 operating system.
Using Local Users and Groups
Windows users who prefer to work on user interfaces instead of the command prompt may use the built-in tool Local Users and Groups to manage accounts.
- Activate the Start menu on the system.
- Type lusrmgr.msc and select the result that is returned to you.
- Left-click on 'Users' in the left sidebar. You get a list of all accounts of the local system on the right.
- Right-click on Administrator and select Properties from the context menu.
- Remove the checkmark from 'Account is disabled' on the Administrator Properties window and click apply, then ok.
The method activates the Administrator account on the Windows 10 machine.
Using Security Policies
The second option to change the status of the built-in Administrator account on Windows 10 devices is to use Security Policies:
- Activate the Start Menu.
- Type secpol.msc and select the result to load the Local Security Policy.
- Go to Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options.
- The policy 'Accounts: Administrator account status' determines whether the local Administrator account is enabled or not. Check the 'Security Setting to see if it is disabled or enabled.
- Double-click on the policy and select 'Enabled' to enable the account.
- Select ok and close the Local Security Policy.
How to enable the hidden Windows 10 administrator account
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The guide walks you through the steps of enabling the hidden administrator account in the Windows 10 operating system.
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