Windows 10: Windows 10 Activation Key Lost

Discus and support Windows 10 Activation Key Lost in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hello, I recently upgraded my computers motherboard, cpu, and ram. I've had problems with windows in the past, the most recent issue prior to windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by BrendenQ65, Apr 28, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 Activation Key Lost


    Hello, I recently upgraded my computers motherboard, cpu, and ram. I've had problems with windows in the past, the most recent issue prior to windows randomly deactivating during a game of Borderlands 3 last night was when my SSD that came with my pre-build kicked the bucket. Luckily I was able to flash-boot it onto my SSHD and it managed to grab my product key from one of my hardware components. Now with this situation in which I replaced the 'brains' of the computer I forgot to write down the product key. It was working fine for about 3 or 4 hours up until around 10pm my time it decided to place the 'Active Windows' watermark on the bottom right. I've tried using the troubleshooter and this is the error I get.


    Pictures are attached below in order of trouble shooting processes.


    Windows 10 Activation Key Lost 0049bced-bb9e-4c6c-8c81-4cc47533ad02?upload=true.png

    Next image is when I try using the trouble shoot option>

    Windows 10 Activation Key Lost 7ec302ad-2687-4f7a-a6f6-dac2b776bd35?upload=true.png

    The next photo is where I click on 'I changed hardware on this device recently' option.

    Windows 10 Activation Key Lost 736a1d65-ec21-46a4-bfbe-ecc3955d616f?upload=true.png

    As you can see there was a previous 'active version' of Windows 10 that's attached to my Outlook/Microsoft account. I'm more into hardware 'smarts' of computers and not really into the 'software' aspect. So I don't really know what any of this means, if someone could please let me know what all this means I would very much appreciate it.


    The final picture I am attaching is what shows after I select that PC and click 'Activate'.
    Windows 10 Activation Key Lost 041d35f1-39f6-435b-8c60-682d367ff97b?upload=true.png

    This is very frustrating as I am a high school student doing all of my online classes from my desktop at home. I've never had windows de-activate on me until just now. I spent a pretty penny on upgrading my computer as the prior hardware was way-way past it's life span and I wouldn't want to necessarily have to drop $100 for a new product key. Thank you for reading this :^

    I don't know if any of this information is needed to help diagnose/resolve my issue but I'll include it anyways.
    Current Setup

    Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend

    Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x 8-core
    RAM: Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 16GB 2x8GB 3600MHz

    Excluding Storage, and PSU

    Previous Setup

    Motherboard: ASRock M5 A97 R2.0

    Processor: AMD FX-8350 8-core
    RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR3 16GB 2x8GB 1866MHz
    Excluding Storage, and PSU
    TLDR; I need help re-activating windows after swapping multiple parts of my computer.. Refer to more detailed description of my issues above, thanks.

    :)
     
    BrendenQ65, Apr 28, 2020
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    Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

    As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.
     
    TheLostSwede, Apr 28, 2020
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  3. P4-630 Win User
    DOWNLOAD WINDOWS 10 NOW - Upgrade and ISO direct from microsoft

    Click to expand... Yeah I went to that site, why do I need to buy a key?
    I won't buy a key, stupid.

    I'll revert back to windows 7 then.

    When I still was on windows 7, about a year ago I added 4GB extra ram which is a total of 8GB now,
    is that causing the problem?
     
    P4-630, Apr 28, 2020
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    Lost Windows Activation Product Key

    I recently lost my Windows 10 pro Activation product key and now Microsoft wants me to activate my windows but now i dnt have any product key please suggest me the way i dnt want to lost my all data...
     
    Nimra Imam, Apr 28, 2020
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