Windows 10: Cannot Activate Windows 10 After Hardware Change And I never used microsoft account on my...

My Old system Died Motherboard not booting up last week and after Purchasing new Hardware Processor and Motherboard I could not activate my Windows 10 Pro license i keep having an error 0xC004C003.


Can somebody help me? I'm using local Account on my computer since it's used by my whole family, and i never linked my windows 10 account on my Microsoft Account. Can I still use my Windows 10 product Key? I'm from the Philippines btw... Any help is appreciated



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Loophole Lets You Freely Upgrade to Windows 10 After Offer Expiry

If you upgrade your 7 install to 10, which is worth it IMHO, make sure you link to a Microsoft Account. Otherwise you might not be able to easily regain the key if they block using 7 keys in the future.

You don't need to use the Microsoft account as your profile on so you can still bypass logging in at setup and creating a local account. All you gotta do to link your 10 account to your MS install (if you choose not to use your MS account as your profile), is to simply do the following:

• Click Start
• Click Settings
• Click Update and Security
• Click Activation
• As or with Admin permissions, click Add Account
• Login with MS Account credentials.

Then you should see a message that reads:

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Activating WIndows 10 after hardware change.

Before replacing my hardware on my main computer, I logged into my Microsoft Windows account. Once logged in, I saw that the name of the PC that I was upgrading was in my list of PCs that were activated for Windows 10 Pro. So after reviewing how to reactivate
after a HW changed, I went ahead and upgraded the motherboard, CPU and memory in that PC.

Now, when it is time to reactivate, the PC in question is still listed in the hardware list on my MS account but it will not allow me to activate Windows. I followed the instructions online and ran the troubleshooting tool. It then gave me the following
response:

Unable to activate Windows

We can’t find any devices linked to your Microsoft account that can be used for reactivating the device you’re using right now. Make sure you’re signed in with the same Microsoft account you linked to the
Windows 10 digital license on this device or try again later.

See other devices linked to your Microsoft account

So why would it not find the license that was for this PC when it had the old hardware installed? My assumption, albeit may wrong, was that the PC was activated because it was in the list. It was also activated as a Windows 10 Pro edition.

Anyone have any suggestions on this type of issue?

 

How to activate Windows 10 after a hardware change having never logged on to my computer with my Microsoft account?

Hi,

I just upgraded my motherboard and CPU and have now lost the activation of my Windows 10. I upgraded from a bought copy of Windows 8.1 but I have always logged on to my computer using a local account. Now, the product key I bought with my Win 8.1 cannot
be used to activate my Windows 10.

Is my digital license now lost because I have never logged on using my Microsoft account before the hardware change?

Is there any other way to activate my copy of Windows 10?

Best regards

Santtu