Windows 10: Not activated.

Win 10 was activated. I installed a new motherboard and now it says not activated. Contacted support, might as well have been talking to a Martian, best answer I got was "Wait 48 hours". No problem with Win 7 on separate hard drive. Realized that I don't really need Win 10 and definitely won't be buying it.

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windows not activated

I updated my windows 7 to W10 pro (free update)and it says what should I do?

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Activated Windows 10 System Suddenly "Not Activated"...

If you have your Windows 10 key, you can try reactivating by chat support:

Activate Your Windows 10 License via Microsoft Chat
Support

You can also perform a repair upgrade to see if that helps:

How
to: perform a repair upgrade using the Windows 10 ISO file



How to find a product key:

Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 came preinstalled on my computer, how do I find the product key?

Press Windows key + X

Click Command Prompt (admin)

Enter the following command:

wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

Hit Enter

The product key will be revealed, copy the product key then enter it

Click Start > Settings > Update & security
> Activation > Change the product key then enter the new product key then click
Next to Activate

If you are unable to activate Windows 10 after all the above and you are certain you have the correct edition installed, then please attempt phone activation:

Activate Your Windows 10 License via Microsoft Chat Support

Windows 7 came preinstalled on my computer, how do I find the product key?

The product key is usually located on the COA sticker attached to the bottom of your laptop or in the battery compartment. In some rare cases it can also be found in the memory compartment. For tower systems, look at the top or the side of the system unit. It
looks like the following:





If the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) sticker is damaged or letters or not legible, you will have to consider the following options:

• Use a digital camera to capture a picture of the COA then enlarge it on your computer.
  

• If the COA sticker is damaged, then you would need to use the recovery partition to reinstall Windows 7, this will exempt the need to use the product key to activate your Windows 7 installation.

• If your recovery partition is not available or damaged, you should
  contact the manufacturer of your computer and request a recovery disc set you can use to reinstall Windows 7. They might charge a small shipping and handling fee. This will exempt the need to use the product key also.

• If none of the above options work or is not available, then its best you purchase a new Windows 10 license:
  

Buy Windows 10 Home/Pro

I bought a retail box copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1; where do I find the product key?


For Windows 7, the product key can be located on a pamphlet in inside the Windows 7 box.



For Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, the product key can found on a small business size card inside the Windows 8 box.

 

Did you try to activate it with your W7 registration ?

 

Motherboard swap is the equivalent to installing it on/moving it to another PC. If you don't need Win 10 and definitely won't be buying it, just uninstall it/delete it. If you want to keep using it we can help. How was it originally activated? Was it an upgrade install? What build is it? If it's 10586 you should be able to activate it with your windows 7 key.

 

I found a key on an old HP computer I had tucked away. Installed again and key worked. Thanks for replying.

 

If you go to Settings > Update & Security > Activation > Product key and it says its activated with a Digital Entitlement you can now clean install and activate without entering a key. Just click skip when prompted to enter one.