Problem
Trying to activate Windows 10 with an OEM key but it keeps failing.
Solution
You can try to abuse the phone activation sytem to force it though:
- Run
slui 4
- This will bring up phone activation screen.
- Go here
- Follow the prompts on the page
- When asked how many computers you have activated this key on, say 1.
- Plug in the installation id into the appropriate boxes
- Click Next on the activations screen
- Thype im the confirmation id into the appropriate boxes
- Click Activate
This should force activate the OEM key.