1. Log in using an account with Local Administrator privileges
2. Confirm that your Date, Time and Region Settings are correct. Activation may not work if these are set incorrectly.
3. Activation requires a secure campus network connection. If you are off campus, you will need to set up VPN.
4. Click on Start, type cmd in Search, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator
5. Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your PC? Click yes
6. At the prompt type the following commands:
cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -skms kms.cc.columbia.edu
cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
You have successfully activated your Windows 10 client.