Windows 10: Can't activate Windows after hardware change after inserting the key and troubleshooting...

Hello,


few days ago, I replaced mobo, processor and RAM in my desktop PC. When I turned on my PC, i got "Activate Windows" message (I have Windows 10 Education version).


After I hit troubleshooting button after I insert my key (I'm 100% sure that the key is right), I get error "Something interrupted our troubleshootin. Make sure you're connected to the Internet, wait a few minutes, and try again. (0x80070077).


The chatbot was not helpful and I can't google any solution to this.


I even tried to reinstall Windows (but without Apps and files deletion).


Can anyone help me?

:)

 

Unable to activate Windows after hardware change

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Usually the error code 0xC004F213 comes when there is a hardware change done on the computer (like Motherboard or Hard drive). The Windows license is associated with the device hardware. If there is any significant hardware changes, such as replacing
motherboard or hard drive, Windows won’t be able to recognize the license.

I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps from the article
Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change and see if Windows gets activated.

If you are using an OEM computer that came with Windows 7, and the motherboard has not been changed, then you can follow the steps to retrieve the product key that came with your OEM computer. To retrieve the product key follow the steps mentioned
below:

1. Type Command prompt in the search bar, that is on the taskbar.
   
2. Right click on Command prompt icon and select Run as administrator.
   
3. Type the command and press on Enter: wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey
   
4. You will find the product key.
   

Hope it helps.

Please reply with the status of the issue, we will be glad to help you further.

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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Windows can´t activate after hardware change.

Yesterday I made a major hardware change (I changed motherboard, processor, Ram, and CPU Cooler) and when I started My PC I realized that Windows 10 was not activated.
Then I went into configuration, activation, troubleshooting and there I selected change hardware recently, even so, windows

said it can not be done because the servers are not available.
The same step I did yesterday and today. Solutions?

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