By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
Whether you want to install or reinstall Windows 10 on a PC, Microsoft will ask for a product key to activate it. For most us, it is expensive to buy a product key. So, some tools like KMSPico is a feasible way can activate Windows 10 for free. However, Windows Defender and Firewall will prevent it from downloading or running. What's more, such software may harm your operating system. See the following two ways about how to activate windows 10 for free permanently 2018.
You can still accomplish most of the things even though do not activate Windows 10 as well. There are also the following disadvantages:
1. There will be a watermark of Activate Windows at the bottom right of the screen.
2. Computer will get into stuck at intervals after long time usage.
3. You are not allowed to set the personalization, include modifying wallpaper, color, lock screen, theme, etc.
4. Unable to use Microsoft account synchronization features, such as synchronization Settings on different Microsoft devices.
Before activating Windows 10, we need to find out your Windows 10 edition in advanced. Here are two ways we can refer to：
Way 1: Navigate to Start > Settings System > About.
Way 2: Hit Windows + Pause/Break key.
In this part, we will show you how to activate Windows 10 Enterprise and Profession edition with cmd.
Step 1: Type cmd in the Cortana search bar then right-click on the result and select Run as administrator.
Step 2: Copy the following command line and paste it to the Command Prompt. Hit Enter key to run it then you can see such a prompt as image below.
slmgr.vbs /upk
Step 3: Execute the command below to install product key.
slmgr /ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-XXXXX
Step 4: Continue to input the command to set the machine name to zh.us.to.
slmgr /skms zh.us.to
Step 5: Type "slmgr /ato" to activate Windows 10.
Step 1: Run Command Prompt as administrator.
Step 2: Execute the commands and press Enter at the end of each line.
slmgr /ipk VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-XXXXX
slmgr /skms kms.xspace.in
slmgr /ato
Step 3: Press Windows + R key to invoke Run dialog box and type "slmgr.vbs -xpr" to confirm whether your Windows 10 is activated or not.
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