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Discus and support Win 10 activation problem solved on replacement motherboard in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Just thought I would thank Microsoft for making it easy to activate a replaced motherboard.I lost a motherboard and one of the CPUs as described... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Joseph Stateson, Oct 26, 2021.

  1. JOSEPH STATESON
    Joseph Stateson Win User

    Win 10 activation problem solved on replacement motherboard


    Just thought I would thank Microsoft for making it easy to activate a replaced motherboard.I lost a motherboard and one of the CPUs as described hereThe replacement from eBay was a different vendor; very similar but not exact. Possibly the same manufacturer, NEC System booted windows 10 using the old hard drive and within minutes the device manager had located and installed the correct drivers. Thank you Microsoft and windows 10! Unfortunately, it would not activate. I then tried win7pro key as I thought it had been pulled from a Dell system. That did not work. I looked in the downloads

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    Joseph Stateson, Oct 26, 2021
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  2. CECK3
    ceck3 Win User

    Activating Win 10 after replacing Motherboard

    I recently had to replace a motherboard on a Lenovo ThinkCentre due to a blown power supply. After recovering, Windows was not activated and I can't use the troubleshooter to remediate. This system was shipped with Win 7 Pro and upgraded to Win 10 during
    the free promotion offer.

    Does anyone have suggestions on how to get Win 10 reactivated in this scenario?

    Also any thoughts on why Win 10 doesn't recognize the DVD or USB ports in File Explorer?
     
    ceck3, Oct 26, 2021
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  3. MUDITHA.B
    Muditha.B Win User
    Activating Win 10 after motherboard replacement

    I had a Windows 10 computer with a digital license that was linked to my Microsoft account. It was upgraded from a Windows 7 license. The motherboard of that PC had a defect so I had to throw it away. After that I removed that computer from the device list
    of my Microsoft account and used a Laptop for a while.

    I don't have my old Win 7 key and I didn't even get a chance to extract the Win 10 key from the old motherboard. And now since I bought a new motherboard is it possible for me to activate a new installation of Windows 10 with my old license?
     
    Muditha.B, Oct 26, 2021
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  4. FREDH115
    FredH115 Win User

    Win 10 activation problem solved on replacement motherboard

    Cannot activate Win 10 Home on an existing PC after replacing the motherboard.

    Recently, the motherboard on my home PC (desktop) stopped working. It was originally using Win 8.1 Home, and got upgraded to Win 10 Home in 2016.

    After replacing the motherboard and re-loading Win 10 Home, it asked me for a registration key to Activate Win 10, but there is no way to get this info from the previous motherboard, because that is dead and I can't find the original Win 8.1 DVD which was
    used to load it. How do I re-activate Win 10 on my home PC?
     
    FredH115, Oct 26, 2021
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