Windows 10: Cannot activate my Windows 10 via Microsoft account, I cannot see my device in troubleshooter

I changed the MB of my PC and many more, I want to activate my win10 using my Microsoft account, however I cannot see my device in my device list.https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1007288107437129748/1165938631001767966/win10activationQ.png?ex=6548abf7&is=653636f7&hm=ae71beed315a2996e7ab6c6d9b16934512569a3ee74728b2ac6e1e03e7811b62&But I can see both my device in Microsoft accounthttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1007288107437129748/1165938631274401903/win10activationQ2.png?ex=6548abf7&is=653636f7&hm=d2085d622b2868498fce30fdb55bed057ca201b0fcb300dfdb62829ec8d0764c&

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Use Activation Troubleshooter in Windows 10


Hello Colin,

Was the device linked to that Microsoft account prior? If not, then that would be why the device is not showing up in the list in the activation troubleshooter.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...ows-10-pc.html

 

Windows 10 Activation through Microsoft Account Fails

Just for the record, what account you log in with has no effect on activation. The "Linked to your Microsoft account" is just an optional extra. If you switch to a local account it will just say "activated with a digital license". Switch to a Microsoft account and it will say "activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account". You could do a clean install using an account you have never used before and it will still activate. As long as there is a digital license for that device on the activation server matching the installed edition, it will activate. The account used has no bearing on that.

And deleting / removing a device from the list won't affect activation. You just won't see it listed. Reinstall Windows 10 again latter on, on that device and it will be back in the list. That list is just another optional extra.

 

Use Activation Troubleshooter in Windows 10


I installed 2 VMs with 14372, A and B. Activated A, used your manual to activate and tie the activation to my MS account. Logged into my MS account and it shows Machine A under my devices. Logged into B with the same microsoft account and checked online that now 2 devices show up under that MS account. Tried the activation troubleshooter to activate B but it tells me that there are NO devices tied to my microsoft account that may be used to activate the currently used machine. Then, when I click on "Show other devices linked to this microsoft account", to my surprise, the error is "windows cannot be activated another time on these devices" while listing NO devices at all.

If I insert the product key once more I get "windows cannot be activated on this device because the product key that you entered is already in use on another device".