Microsoft Warns Windows 10 Has An Costly Issues/problems
Windows 10’s problems are growing. Despite the introduction
of new monthly charges, the number of high profile incidents with recent
updates (including one which deletes users’ personal data) is off the
charts. And nowMicrosoft MSFT -1.98% has
warned there is another serious problem…
Spotted by The
Register, Microsoft’s activation servers have started accidentally
downgrading expensive Windows 10 Pro systems into cheaper Windows 10 Home PCs,
then invalidating their licences. Needless to say, that’s a nasty
financial hit (Home is $119, Pro is $199) and affected users are
furious. Microsoft Warns Windows 10 Has An Costly Issues [Updated].
“After updating to Insider
Build 18277 my Windows 10 digital license became invalid. I don’t
understand!…No hardware changes, nothing has changed. I don’t know what to do,” tweeted one
affected user.
“One of our three-year-old
Lenovo Yogas just decided to throw 0xC004C003 Windows
activation error. Windows diagnostic tool says the machine has Windows 10
Home license…Dumbasses” tweeted another. Microsoft
Warns Windows 10 Has An Costly Issues [Updated]
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- And it’s not just upgraders
being affected. Problems with automated Windows 10 Home downgrades are being reported with
fresh installs on different Windows Pro versions as well, Microsoft Warns
Windows 10 Has An Costly Issues [Updated].
- “Same issue on Dell computers
running Windows 10 Pro 1803 that we just bought. Need to deploy to clients but
they won’t activate,” explained another user on
Reddit.
- Microsoft’s response? It’s
not great.
- Microsoft Warns Windows 10
Has An Costly Issues [Updated]
- On its official Answers
page, Microsoft warns there
is a “temporary issue” with the company’s activation server but has not
disclosed any further details. As for users calling Microsoft’s call centres,
the response is
to simply wait for a fix.
- Microsoft Warns Windows 10
Has An Costly Issues [Updated]
- Like The Register, I have
contacted Microsoft’s press team for a response and will update this article if
one is received.
- It remains a serious bone
of contention with many users that Windows 10 has taken much greater control
over their computers making incidents like this hard to avoid. It is also the
fourth major incident this year.
- In January Windows 10
updates turned PCs with AMD hardware into an “unbootable
state“, a major April upgrade had to be pulled for
causing the infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and
the aforementioned October update permanently deleted personal files. Even the
most ardent Windows fans have now accused Microsoft of having a “Software
Quality Problem”.
- Right now Microsoft has a
lot of work to do. Especially as its upgrade services are getting
more expensive, even on older Windows versions…
