Windows 10: Windows 10 Reactivation after hardware change

So I've recently changed out my mobo for a new one and I've tried to run the troubleshooter for reactivating windows, it prompts me to log into my Microsoft account in which I did, then it showed my device to choose to activate windows on, I did that, but after it gives an error saying it can't activate windows at this time and tells me to try again later.


I bought this pre-built pc 3 years ago when it had windows 8 already installed on it, and upgraded to windows 10 when it came out, and just recently switched pretty much every part out; cpu, mobo, gpu, ram, psu, pretty much everything.


Am I not able to reactivate windows because of the hardware changes, and do I have to buy another copy of windows?

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Windows 10 reactivation on hardware changes

Hi Florea,

It is possible that Windows won't be able to identify your computer correctly that is why the operating system is not activated. To address your issue, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article on how to reactivate your Windows 10 after a hardware change.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Windows 10 Hardware change

So i will be changing my cpu, motherboard, ram to the z170 and i was wondering how i am going to reactivate windows 10. my parts should be here by the 11/18/2015 i want to prepare. *Smile thanks!

 

Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change

Before changing my MB and CPU I thoroughly read an article on how to reactivate Windows 10 after hardware change. I connected my activated Windows 10 that I bought from a retailer (so it's not a free upgrade) to a Microsoft account, changed hardware, went
to settings-account-troubleshooting and was surprised buy it saying "We can't reactivate Windows as our servers aren't available right now. Wait for a few minutes or try adding your Microsoft account again.". It's been more than couple of hours
since I tried it for the first time and I don't really believe that Microsoft servers can have that much downtime. So what is my next step now?