Windows 10: Re-activating windows after motherboard change

Hello! I recently changed out my motherboard and have to re-activate windows 10. It's a retail copy and I have a digital license but when I click "I changed hardware on this device recently" under the trouble shooter it tells me it is unable to reactivate because the servers aren't working but I've had that message the last 2 days. I don't have a product key.

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Re-activating windows after motherboard change

I bought a PC from Cyberpower and it had the full version of windows 10 on the hard drive, I recently did an hardware upgrade (motherboard, CPU, RAM)

and when I booted the computer up again after the upgrade it said I needed to re activate windows. And when I go to re activate on this pc after the hardware change it says that this pc cannot be re activated.

 

Re-activating Windows 10 after motherboard change.

Hi everyone

I am currently using Windows 10 Build 1607 (Anniversary edition). I had bought a pre-built pc with windows 8 OEM version which I upgraded to windows 10 using the free upgrade program. Now in settings it says my Windows is activated using a digital license
which is linked to my Microsoft account. Will I have to re-install windows after changing the motherboard? Will I be able to re-activate my windows after changing my motherboard using the activation troubleshooter?

 

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.