Windows 10: Difficulty reactivating windows on my new personally built PC

Hi,


I am having trouble transferring and activating my previous Windows 10 operating system on my old PC onto my new PC that I just built. I verified that the Windows 10 operating system is retail and I do believe that it is currently linked to my Microsoft Account. However, whenever I follow the steps online to go through the Settings --> Update and Security --> Activation --> Troubleshoot --> "I changed hardware on this device recently", I can't see my new PC on the available devices for me to reactive Windows 10 on. I have also signed into my Microsoft account on the new PC.


I signed into my Microsoft account on the website and I saw that the new PC's computer name is in my devices category, but I still can't see it pop up on the new PC when I try to activate Windows 10 through the settings menu.


I have also used the slmgr.vbs /dlv command to verify that my current Windows 10 operating system is a Retail version as opposed to an OEM version.


Any help/advice would be greatly appreciate. Thank you in advance.



JasonY

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i had windows 10 activated on my pc and it was linked to my microsoft account

but recently i changed my motherboard and processor .. so i tried to reactivate windows 10 on my new pc using the same microsoft account and following the steps

but my new pc doesn't appear on the troubleshooter to activate it instead of my old pc

it only shows the old motherboard name

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