Windows 10: Transferring windows 10 to new PC

I've recently built a new PC and want to transfer over Windows 10 Pro. It is a retail copy of Win10, I did slmgr -dli in the command prompt and it shows retail. It is activated with a digital licence linked to a Microsoft Account. I installed Win10 on the new PC and told it I'd activate it later. I logged in with the same Microsoft account on the new pc. To activate it I went to settings - activation and clicked on troubleshoot, then "I changed hardware on this device recently". It showed my old PC. I selected "this is the device i'm using" then activate. It said it can't activate it right now please try again later. I tried again later same result. I doesn't give me an error code.


This is the method it shows on https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change


Should I be using this method evan tho it's a entirely new PC? It's the method linked in several places when other people have asked about transfering windows.


Should I just wait and try again later or is there another problem?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

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