Windows 10: Reactivation of Windows 10 After Hardware Install

Hello,


I recently upgraded just about everything in my pc aside from the case and psu, and Windows is asking me to activate Windows, and I never purchased a copy of Windows 10, much like many Windows 7 users the upgrade was offered for free for a limited time, so I do not have a product key, and if one was given to me that was years ago. Honestly I do not want to buy another copy of windows, I really don't, that seems very unnecessary to me, I have a windows account that is associated with my old mobo as well as Microsoft Office that I purchased, which for the love of god I hope is not tied to my windows key, and when I follow the steps to reactivate with my windows account I get an error "We can't reactivate Windows as our servers aren't available right now. Wait for a few minutes or try adding your Microsoft account again.", so what am I supposed to do, just chop it up to an "unfortunate circumstance" and just pay another some odd dollars, I severely hope not, otherwise I'll just go to Linux and forget this mess, I am trying to find a way to get this issue solved without that step, and unsurprisingly the call center wasn't too helpful.


Thank you for your time.

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Windows 10 reactivation on hardware changes

Hi Florea,

It is possible that Windows won't be able to identify your computer correctly that is why the operating system is not activated. To address your issue, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article on how to reactivate your Windows 10 after a hardware change.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

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