Windows 10: Reactivation after motherboard swap

My motherboard died, I'm going to get a new one that's going to be a different brand so I imagine Win 10 will notice. I'm aware that the proper way to reactivate after a hardware change is to link your license to an MS account. The thing is, I never linked the license to an MS account before the motherboard died. My Win 10 install is an upgrade from non-OEM Windows 7 Ultimate DVD. Will I be able to re-activate my install after I get a new motherboard without having to get a hold of MS support?

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Motherboards and activations

Hi,

I damaged the motherboard for my main Windows 10 PC earlier this week and needing access to it swapped out a suitable motherboard from a 2012 R2 server. The Win10 activiation failed for the PC using the swapped in ex-server motherboard. The kind people at
Microsoft reactivated Windows on the PC - I still have the Service Request details etc, so support can follow this if needed.

I cannot find a suitable motherbaord to replace the one from the server, although I have found a used board that would suffice for my PC. So now I am faced with the prospect of swapping the motherboard from the PC backing into the server, and using the 'new'
used motherboard in the Windows 10 PC.

My questions are:

Do you think Microsoft are likely to again reactivate my Windows PC having swapped back the motherboard to the server (in hindsight I guess I should have waited to ascertain the availability of replacement motherboards, in which case it would have only been
a temporary move).

Secondly, am I likely to get activation issues with putting the original motherboard back into the server?

Any thoughts on this matter?

Regards,

Daz

 

Cannot set up the fingerprint after sucessfully setting up the PIN

Maybe we are onto something.

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T460s that had a motherboard swap and like you and chrisbrace also has the fingerprint issue.

Mine was working after the initial swap but sometime later just stopped.

I was reading this post for solutions when I notice the motherboard swap and then also chrisbrace mentioning it. Could be related to motherboard swaps.

 

These links may be useful:


Microsoft activation and hardware change
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...rosoft-windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-10-activation
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...ardware-change
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...?os=windows-10

 

If you still have the product key for the Windows 7 you should be able to use that to activate the Windows 10 with using the Change product key function on the activation screen of settings -> updates & security.