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  • canaldumidi
    canaldumidi Posts: 3,511 Forumite
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    Currently using Avira free on Windows 8.
    Avira are offering Avira Pro fo 99p for a year - does it realy offer much more? After a year have to remember to decide to pay more or cancel.
    Though reading this thread seems to suggesting dumping Avira completely!
  • victor2
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    canaldumidi said:
    Currently using Avira free on Windows 8.
    Avira are offering Avira Pro fo 99p for a year - does it realy offer much more? After a year have to remember to decide to pay more or cancel.
    Though reading this thread seems to suggesting dumping Avira completely!

    Dump Windows 8 too! :D

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  • canaldumidi
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    victor2 said:
    canaldumidi said:
    Currently using Avira free on Windows 8.
    Avira are offering Avira Pro fo 99p for a year - does it realy offer much more? After a year have to remember to decide to pay more or cancel.
    Though reading this thread seems to suggesting dumping Avira completely!

    Dump Windows 8 too! :D
    But combined with Classic Start Menu - I like it!

  • 400ixl
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    canaldumidi said:
    victor2 said:
    canaldumidi said:
    Currently using Avira free on Windows 8.
    Avira are offering Avira Pro fo 99p for a year - does it realy offer much more? After a year have to remember to decide to pay more or cancel.
    Though reading this thread seems to suggesting dumping Avira completely!

    Dump Windows 8 too! :D
    But combined with Classic Start Menu - I like it!

    It is out of support, only getting the very minimal security updates now which an anti-virus won't cover the gaps of. It's also a buggy version that they never really got on top of.

    You can get the classic menu on Windows 10 if you really want to stay in the old world.
  • canaldumidi
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    Took your advice and tried to upgrade to windows 10. Unfortunately need the Windows product key.
    As the laptop came with Windows installed there's no separate software, and with V8/8.1 they stopped putting the key on a label on the laptop.
    So tried following the online advice to locate the key imbedded in the hard drive. Tried both 'cmd' and 'powershell' and entering "wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey " but get 'error invalid query'.
    Anyone got any suggestion?

  • victor2
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    Try here:
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/

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  • kennse
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    +1 for Norton.
  • cx6
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    edited 17 March 2022 at 9:08AM
    https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.techrepublic.com/article/3-simple-ways-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key/amp/

    did you open an ADMIN cmd prompt?

    As an aside, if you are upgrading from W8 to W10 you shouldn't need to enter the product key as it is already in W8.

    If it is asking for it that suggests there is something wrong with the activation of your W8 system.

    Anyway try running your cmd in an elevated command prompt
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