Windows 10: HW change and win11 upgrade triggered a not-activated issue

hi, i recently purchased a new motherboard, cpu to finally upgrade my workstation from Win10 pro to win11 pro.Since my license is digital, and connected to my online microsoft account, support chat told me that i only need to reinstall win11 on my new HW, login and activation would be successfull..Well... after 3 days of having a activated windows, i suddenly lost the activation and the Win11 activation troubleshooter wont help me.. Go buy a license...When im checking my microsoft account, i see that my old PC has been removed and the new has been added.. But theres no way in the online accoun

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Windows activation fails after HW change

I changed my CPU and Motherboard and when I try to activate Windows with my Product Key it fails with error code: 0x803fa060.

I can't find this error on the Microsoft help page that lists the possible activation errors.

I didn't link my Microsoft account to the product key before changing HW.

The troubleshooter also fails activation.

 

I can't activate WIn11 after i change HW

Hi, i just changed HW in my computer after long 8 years. That means MB, CPU, RAM and main SSD disc. I made slight changes before like GPU 1 year ago, but nothing more for those years.



I have really old Product Key. In fact, i have no idea from which version of Windows it was (7/8, freely upgraded to 10 and 11), but it was not OEM because i had it before that "old" PC. I know that there were no problem with HW change 8 years ago. In that time, i reinstalled Windows a few times, just because or on new HDD/SSD so i know that there is no problem with my Product Key, but with this huge HW change. But now, i can't activate my Windows at all.



So i have not activated Windows 11 Home with my "old" Product Key



Tried Troubleshooting in Win - failed to activate

Tried "I recently changed the hardware of this device" and choosed the old computer - Windows cannot be activated

If i try to "change" the Product key and use the same one... failed to activate with code (0x803fa067)

Now, the activation page (with the non activated info, troubleshooting button and change (product key) button shows me info with error code: 0xC004F213.

The product key is marked as Retail. I am Windows Insider for years so i updated on the same build of Canary Preview as on the old "PC".

Really have no idea what should i do now. Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

Win11 upgrade not coming

If you checked again my previous replies, you can see ASUS re-installed my new notebook a even newer Win10 Home installation. After this 2nd time installation, I only did these to the toy:

1. installed chrome
   
2. changed its display brightness
   
3. changed wallpaper
   

After your previous suggestion, the 1 month temp McAfee was gone.

I can't figure out why I can't upgrade to Win11 for such a new notebook. Newer notebook will come with Win11 natively