Windows 10: Changing motherboard broke activation

I bought a product key 5 years ago for Windows 10 Pro, and around a year ago I upgraded to Windows 11 Pro, everything works fine until 5 days ago I upgraded my motherboard with everything else being the exact same, same software same parts, everything except a new motherboard. Now activation is broken and it wouldn't recognize my key, it wouldn't activate windows. Troubleshoot for activation is useless, it showed my last motherboard but said it was an unsupported version, what do I do to re-activate windows without buying a new product key?

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Windows not activated after motherboard change

i recently broke my motherboard cpu socket pins so i had to change the motherboard without notice. My windows activation was through a digital license attached to the motherboard and not my microsoft account. How do i get windows activated now?

 

Can't activate windows 10 after changing motherboard

Hello,

I can't activate my windows 10 license after changing my motherboard.

The license I have is a Windows 7 Pro license, that got changed into a Windows 10 license, when the upgrade was free.

Steps I took previous to the motherboard change:

- I linked my Microsoft account with my device, so that my license is registered under my account (it showed up with my mail in the accounts section)

Now, with the new motherboard built in, I can't activate Windows 10 anymore.

I tried the support steps listed by the Microsoft helper (Activation -> Click Troubleshoot), but that did not work.

In the Activitation settings I get the error code: 0xC004F213

Does anybody know a solution for this, as I haven't found one so far.

 

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.