It started when my friend told me that I could get a free upgrade from my W 8.1 to Win 10 Pro. I figured it would take me an hour or two to accomplish.
I was mistaken. There was so much drivel and misguidance available on the internet that it took over 12 hours to download W 10 Pro 64, and W 10 Pro 32 bit.
When I looked to buy a key, there were hundreds of companies selling keys. I mistakenly bought a key from "Cheapdigitaldownloads.com" The name has many iterations because the website is a scam. I paid $18 which I thought a reasonable price, but when I tried to install W 10 Pr