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  1. Franz B1 Win User

    Re Activation of Win 10 after mainboard replacement not possible because initially...


    Hi all,I replaced the mainboard of my Win10 PC and was unable to re activate windows 10. I talked to the MS support and they told me that it is not possible to reactivate windows because the orginally purchased version was windows 7 I made a free upgrade to Win 10 when the support for Win 7 ended.Is that true ? I find it very strange that the activation procedure does not come up with that information, and also the Microsoft support pages dealing with re-activation issues after changed hardware do not mention that you cannot reactivate a win 10 installation if you upgraded for free from a pr

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  2. Re-activate Windows 10 (the free version) after replacing mainboard

    Hello

    Could you please help me how to re-activate Windows 10 Pro after replacing mainboard?

    Thank you
     
    ThanhPham Quang, May 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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  3. Gavin_XF Win User
    Windows 10 Pro Digital Activation (Changed Mainboard after Failure)

    I have had to replace my mainboard as my psu failed and took it out. I decided to use it as a chance to upgrade so as i had AMD set up decided to go for their top spec FX processor and match it with a new mainboard and ram, I put it all together and it
    worked straight away and loaded to windows after it did a few restarts and all is working but it will not let me activate windows as major hardware has change. I did the free upgrade from win 7 to win 8 pro to win 8.1 pro then win 10 pro So my questions is;

    Is it possible to activate windows some how without having to use the recovery drive and had to reinstall everything?
     
  4. DilipAhir Win User

    Re Activation of Win 10 after mainboard replacement not possible because initially...

    Lumia 950 XL Dual Mainboard replacement

    is that possible to replace mainboard in lumia 950 dual sim ???????? plzzzz reply me im from INDIA
     
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