Windows 10: Upgrade from Window 8.1 to 10 Activation issue

Hi, have a fairly old HP laptop which hasn't been used for some time. Its got Win 8.1 installed and I'm not able to up date Chrome with this OS. So, I read somewhere that upgrading to Win 10 is free of charge so I went ahead and did that from the Microsoft portal. I've now booted into Win 10, but I cannot activate it as I don't have a product key. I then found this..... "There is no current upgrade route from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10. In Sept 2023 Microsoft blocked the loophole that had been allowing users to use a Windows 7 or 8 product key to activate Windows 10. The free upgrade per

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Windows 10 upgrade issues on W8.1

thems the brakes unless you completed the upgrade at least once you can't activate windows 8.1
re-partition the drive and reload windows 8 activate it then you should be-able to upgrade
just make sure the partitions are large enough what you described sounds like left over partitioning from windows 7 which is fine for 8 but not 10

 

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this search might help you https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sou...o+to+get+it+activated+windows+10+blocked+keys

From Why can't I activate Windows? - Microsoft Support

If you upgraded to Windows 10 for free and ended up in a non-activated state, try following these steps:

• Go to Start
  
  , then select Settings > Update & security > Activation.
• Select Go to Store, and check to see if a valid license is available for your device. If a license isn't available, you'll need to buy Windows from the Store.
  
  Note
  • This only applies if you haven't made changes to the hardware for your device.

or you could hack it with a crack but please note this is always risky and you don't know what's in the hack

 

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Click to expand... Yeah I went to that site, why do I need to buy a key?
I won't buy a key, stupid.

I'll revert back to windows 7 then.

When I still was on windows 7, about a year ago I added 4GB extra ram which is a total of 8GB now,
is that causing the problem?