Windows 10: changed my motherboard how to use my old digital license to activate windows 10

changed my motherboard how to use my old digital license to activate windows 10. I have two microsoft accounts and I dont remember which has the digital license any way I signed in with the two accounts and when I try "change product key" I get error that this license used on another device


when I click on troubleshoot I get also that license used on another device 0x004c020. I no longer have access to the old device so how I can use my old digital license ?

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Activate Windows 10 after motherboard change

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

I built the PC myself and it is\was a retail Windows 8 Pro license upgraded to 10.

The guide listed that I should be able to transfer the license, and following the steps given when selecting "I recently changed hardware" in the activation process it does not list my previous device to select from.

My Microsoft account is logged in on both my old and new motherboard, and my old motherboard is unable to boot at all to deactivate or retrieve any keys.

If my license is indeed available for transfer, how can I proceed from here?

Thanks.

 

Activating Windows 10 with a digital license from a new SSD and new motherboard

Hi,

I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 and my windows settings say I have a digital license. I recently bought a new motherboard and new SSD. I cloned the OS from my old SSD to my new SSD and my PC can boot and I can log in, however it tells me that I need
to activate windows. I was under the assumption that the digital license I had would follow my account, so when I would log in it would activate windows but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Do I need to deactivate the digital license on the previous motherboard/SSD first before I can reactivate on my new hardware? That is the only other explanation I could think of as to why this isn't working, but I don't want to deactivate my digital license
on my old hardware only to have this issue persist on my current new hardware. Could I get confirmation? And if so, can I also get steps on how to properly dissociate my digital license from the old hardware before I can use it for my new hardware?

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

Activating Windows 10 with a digital license from a new SSD and new motherboard

Disassociating isn't going to help if your Windows 7 license was OEM. Also note that the free upgrade 10 Windows 10 carried a similar condition: Windows 10 was to be free for the life of the device that was upgraded. Changing the motherboard means the
end of the original device.