Windows 10: Can't reactivate after hardware change

A month ago I replaced my motherboard, along with my processor and RAM. I had internet installed yesterday, which prompted Windows to give me the "Activate Windows" watermark.

The problem is, before I upgraded, I hadn't linked my device to my Microsoft account, and had no way of doing so since my motherboard quit working.


I got my copy of Windows 10 Home after it was released and I upgraded from Windows 7 for free.

Around 5 months ago, I upgraded from an HDD to an SSD, so I wrote down my product-key I found under "Activation," in case I had to reinstall Windows. I've tried using that product key, and it gives me an error.

I've tried running the troubleshooter multiple times, tried entering in the product-key multiple times, but it says the key is not a valid product key. I'm almost certain that I wrote down the right key, and the troubleshooter is no help.

I've looked for some sort of customer support live-chat but it just sets me up with the bot, and ends up running me in circles asking the same questions over and over again.

I feel like I'm hitting a dead end, and might just have to bite the bullet and purchase a product-key from the Microsoft store when I can afford it, but I figured I'd post here and see if anyone has any solutions.

Is there any way I'd be able to talk to a representative over live-chat, other than the dumb bot that asks me the same questions over and over?

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Windows 10 reactivation on hardware changes

Hi Florea,

It is possible that Windows won't be able to identify your computer correctly that is why the operating system is not activated. To address your issue, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article on how to reactivate your Windows 10 after a hardware change.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

windows 10 reactivation after hardware change

I just changed motherboards, and When I follow the the steps listed in the "reactivate windows 10 after hardware change" support page, it gives me the message "unable to activate windows" message after I sign in and identify my device,
with no error code, just a subheader that says "can't activate windows 10 on this device, try again later."

 

Windows 10 won't reactivate after a hardware change

I changed a lot of the hardware on my device recently, however I followed the steps on the Microsoft support page to get my computer ready for the hardware change so that I could reactivate Windows 10 after I changed the hardware. However, now it won't reactivate,
and has the error code 0xC004F025, and when I try to troubleshoot it says "We can't reactivate Windows on this device. Try again later."

My Windows 10 was a free upgrade from Windows 7.