Windows 10: Hardware Change

I recently swapped out my hardware, and now it says I have to activate windows.... I went to the activation thing in the settings and hit hardware change and it came up with this "Unable to activate Windows. We can't reactivate windows as our servers aren't available right now. Wait a few minutes or try adding your microsoft account again" None of that worked, so I had talked to the virtual help whatever it is and they put me in contact with a person who wasn't helpful and hung up the phone on me.... He needed my product key which the last set of numbers/letters were only visible for it because it was installed by Ibuypower who built the system originally like 3 years ago when I had bought it at best buy... He asked for proof of purchase, I obviously have none since it was 3 years ago.... So now I'm stuck with "Activate Windows, Go to settings to activate windows" in the bottom right hand of my screen. During the hard ware switch I lost 0 data and I have all the same drives. So I have no idea what to do now besides buy another copy of windows which I don't believe I should have to do...?

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Overclocking / Undervolting guide for Vega 56 or 64?

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List of software to use for overclocking and testing
Examples:
Wattman (and how to find and use it, like an overview, including profiles)
Unigine Valley or Heaven (use this for quick testing while changing settings in Wattman and checking for stability / artifacts) ...just suggesting this
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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

 

Standard Hardware Security not supported

Hi Paul,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below to run hardware troubleshooter and let us know if that helps.

Type "Troubleshooting" in the
Windows Search bar and press Enter.

1. Click on "View All" in the top left corner.
2. This will display the list of troubleshooters which are built-in in the computer. You can click on Hardware and Devices from the list and you can run the troubleshooter.

Also I would suggest to check if there are any update pending with regard to drivers and to do so, please follow steps mentioned below.

1. Search for Device Manager in
   Windows search bar.
2. Click on Device Manager.
3. Check if there Yellow Exclamation Point in the list of drivers.

Make sure Windows is up to date.

Hope it helps.

Manjunath H

Microsoft Community – Moderator