Windows 10: Trouble reactivating Windows 10 after changing motherboard.

Changed my motherboard, processor, and memory yesterday. Forgot that my OS was going to be affected.


I followed the directions here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change


After running the troubleshooter and selecting the correct options and logging in (password was changed), this is where I've gotten stuck. The only other option to appear is my laptop, and the DESKTOP selected in the picture is the one i'm currently using right now.

After I click, "Activate"



This shows up.


I have changed my password within the last hour of this post being made, and I upgraded, for free, to windows 10 many years ago. I did not write down my key or ID, and did not back it up anywhere.


Help would be appreciated.

:)

 

win 10 motherboard change, reactivating windows

Hi Famie,

If you are planning to change your motherboard, you will still be able to activate your Windows 10. In Windows 10 version 1607, there is a feature that you can link your Microsoft account to Windows 10 digital license on your device.
This can help you reactivate Windows using the Activation troubleshooter if you make a significant hardware change later, such as replacing the motherboard.

That being said, we suggest that you follow the steps given on this article
to reactivate your Windows 10 after a hardware change.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

If you think this was useful, do not hesitate to "mark it as an answer" to help those are facing the same problem.

 

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Motherboard change unable to reactivate Windows 10 Pro -


I have searched this topic and everything seems to be almost a year old. This is a homebuilt machine circa 2015. It started with an ASUS FM2+ motherboard with an AMD A5600K processor. It was Windows 7 Pro, upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro then to Windows 10 Pro.
Saturday the motherboard died. An exact replacement could not be located so a Gigabyte card was installed. No changes to the hard drives. Booted the machine and Windows automatically started and then did a "revert" then installed the latest updates. C Drive was in the red so I deleted all of the old install files using Windows Clean-up. Went to reactivate, checked the significant hardware change and entered my MS account information - The computer (none of my computers) were listed and now it is telling me that I have to spend $200 to buy a copy of Windows 10 Pro.
Have not yet called Customer Support as the computer is at home and I work during the day -
I do have a disk image or two that may be a year old -

Suggestions - should I just shell out the $200 and move on

TIA