Windows 10: Unable to activate W10

Discus and support Unable to activate W10 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; So, after power failure the box does not come up. After some checking it seems that motherboard is shot and the boot SSD disk is empty(!). Bought new... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Stefan_nafetS, May 11, 2019.

  1. STEFAN_NAFETS
    Stefan_nafetS Win User

    Unable to activate W10


    So, after power failure the box does not come up. After some checking it seems that motherboard is shot and the boot SSD disk is empty(!). Bought new motherboard and M.2 disk and installed win 10 pro. I enter my old product key but get error 0x803fa067 ("We can't activate Windows on this device because you don't have a valid digital license or product key...")


    What to do?

    :)
     
    Stefan_nafetS, May 11, 2019
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  2. JMCSLOB
    jmcslob Win User

    Unable to Activate Win 8

    I was about to suggest run CMD as Admin and then do a "slmgr -ipk xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx" activation...does anyone know if that works with win8?
     
    jmcslob, May 11, 2019
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  3. UBERSONIC
    Ubersonic Win User
    W10 activation and motherboard failure.

    Hey, wasn't sure what section to put this in.

    Motherboard died yesterday, managed to source a replacement but I believe I am correct in thinking that once I swap the board W10 will deactivate itself and demand I buy a new copy?

    If so, would I be able to get around this by booting the system with a spare HDD, installing W7/8, upgrading to W10, then connecting the original drive (so the MB has been used/activated with W10)?

    Thanks.
     
    Ubersonic, May 11, 2019
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  4. THEMAILMAN78
    TheMailMan78 Win User

    Unable to activate W10

    Important W10 activation key questions left unanswered by Microsoft

    Yup! I saw it in there this morning. I really like this new activation route they have gone so far. Super easy to maintain.
     
    TheMailMan78, May 11, 2019
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