Windows 10: Changed motherboard and an unable to activate windows ( Tried lots of ways)

Good Evening,


I have recently changed my motherboard and my copy of windows is now asking for activation. I have gone through the trouble shooter located in the activation section of the settings, I have also spoken to the automated help service but that did not help. In addition to this I have tried to re-activate windows from another device, over the phone, and on the website however still to no prevail.


The error code that I am getting is: 0xC004C060. When I try to re-activate windows over the phone ( or from my phone ) it just says that it was unable to activate my windows.


Thanks for any feedback

Ed.

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