I can't find any phonenumber to help activate like in the good old Windows 7 days. By mistake I also deleted my old device registration from my windows account. At least not in brazil. Let us know if you need further assistance. Activating Win 10 after replacing Motherboard I recently had to replace a motherboard on a Lenovo ThinkCentre due to a blown power supply.
I have already switched from local to Microsoft account with Windows 10. This was rumored to be happening, but the link above seems to verify it. It is way different now than it was in the Windows 7 era. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Theoretically, you should be able to remove the old puter, and then try to activate the new puter again.
I have had this problem in the. I upgrade to Windows 7. This may feel a bit inconvenient. Meaning, you have to switch your primary windows admin login, everything, to your microsoft account. Can't reactivate Windows after replacing motherboard: I recently had to replace my motherboard after it had fried and now I can't activate Windows. See my submitted hardware list? Everything booted up fine, but when I tried to activate windows 10 in settings following the procedures described above, it would not activate.
Or you can go to the virtual agent available ay the same link and try to squeeze the number out of it. When this digital signature changes, Windows 10 will de-activate. If the key is invalid, an error is returned. Is there some problem I'm not seeing? I could not go back to Win7 because the old key was voided in the upgrade, and now the Win10 was doing the Not Activated nag. I have an Asus oem laptop that originally came with an i-3 cpu. Even modern Windows 8 and 8.
In this case, the product key would always serve to. To clean-install Windows 10 on a machine activated in this way, you have to continually skip all the product key prompts while installing it. This uninstalls the product key of the current Windows edition. For warranty repairs that involve motherboard swap out they'll reactivate the license. I use the troubleshooter but at the end don't help at all.
It is one of the many benefits of using volume licensing. Then you will get a call or call me back option. When you make significant hardware changes, such as replacing the motherboard or hard drive, won't be able to identify your computer correctly, and as a result, the operating system won't activate. We'll see how it goes. This was rumored to be happening, but the link above seems to verify it.
So essentially it is non-transferable. However, the first one that I have tried this with after the anniversary update refuses to activate. It is one of the many benefits of using volume licensing. After your hardware upgrade, and because your copy of Windows 10 is linked to your online Microsoft account, you will be able to re-activate without reinstalling everything. So even if you wipe a drive, re-install Win 7 or 8 on it for a new hardware snapshot, you will not be able to get Win 10 anymore because the date has passed. Machine was already imaged to the anniversary version, 1703 I think, and functioning.
I have tried to activate using the Automated Phone option, failed. I am outdated We all were. I am just trying to understand this issue and find out if anyone else has experienced this issue. I made sure a couple times that it was before I installed the new hardware. Its not from a company like msi, my computer is from a company that buys pc parts and build your computer using them. If you're using the correct Microsoft account, then you'll have to investigate the reason why you can't activate.