Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro Activation - Hardware Change 0xC004F211

Error 0xC004F211, tried multiple methods and I'm unable to retrieve the key from my windows copy now that the activation is unavailable. Anyone knows some software to retrieve the key without powershell empty read-out and ProduKey. Really been trying to avoid the linux live usb method to retrieve the key that way from a reg file...Anyway "troubleshooter" either asks me to contact a administrator or doesn't show the "changed my hardware" link button to do the finishing step to fix this. I already am signed in with my microsoft account to which the license is linked to. since my mobo and cpu

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Activating Windows 10 Pro After a Hardware Upgrade!

I followed all the steps to linking my Windows 10 Pro to my Microsoft account so that I could upgrade my hardware, reinstall Windows 10 Pro, and activate it, but it's not working. I'm signed into my Microsoft account. I tried the activation troubleshooter,
selecing that I recently changed hardware, etc. Nothing is working. I can see my old computer under my Microsoft account, as well as my new one (with better hardware). I changed the motherboard, ram, and CPU. Any suggestions would be wonderful.

 

Windows 10 Activation error 0xC004F211

Good day! I'm Raniel, an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

I suggest that you run through the steps provided by Greg Carmack - Windows MVP 2010-20 and Sumit on this thread with a similar issue that you're experiencing:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

I hope this helps.

 

Reactivating Windows 10 Pro after hardware change

I upgraded my hardware just today.

Changed pretty much all of it, new motherboard, CPU etc. and now my Windows isn't activated anymore. I get the 0xC004F211 error code.

Troubleshooting doesn't help, coming up with "We weren't able to activate Windows on this device." message.

Pressing I recently changed hardware on this device leads me to "Reactivate Windows 10" page, where I select my PC (the only one displaying on the list) and press Activate button.

This leads me "Unable to activate Windows" page.

We can’t reactivate Windows on this device. Try again later.

I did the free upgrade, when it was available.

I'm pretty sure that I have Windows 7 Pro key somewhere if that helps? Pretty sure I can find, not 100%.

All I know my Windows has been "Activated" for years.