Windows 10: Windows "Can't reactivate windows on this device" and only tells me to "try again later"

Obviously as it is late on Christmas I have just finished upgrading my 5-6 year old PC. I knew full well that I would most likely end up with a deactivated copy of Windows so I tied my Microsoft Account to my PC to help in reactivation as Microsoft suggests. Unfortunately after troubleshooting and selecting my device windows only gives me this error:


"
Unable to active Windows


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

"

It gives me no reason as to WHY it can't reactive and offers NO solution or further troubleshooting. I haven't found another person with this issue yet so here I am. I'm not sure if I should just sleep on it and wait till tomorrow when there may be less stress on servers(?) or what but I would definitely like to have my legitimate copy of Windows back.


Thank you for any help.

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Does Windows 7 require reactivation if...

He is using AMD already. He wants downgrading to AM3. Don't know why??

If you change HDD + RAM simultaneously, Windows 7 needs to be reactivated. Only HDD cloning shouldn't require reactivation. As you are changing mobo + HDD (prehaps RAM upgrade too), you will surely require reactivation. If you have genuine license, you should reinstall OS (you might use Windows Easy Transfer). If you don't want to reinstall, you need to uninstall HDD, interfaces/system devices, and numerous other drivers (USB, HID, Portable devices, etc.), else your OS will be unstable.
I will highly recommend to reinstall Windows 7 and enjoy your migration.

A simple trick might be like this to avoid reactivation:
1. Clone your HDD first and boot into Windows
2. Use it for at least one week
3. Replace mobo only without any other hardware change/upgrade and boot
4. Use it for at least one week
5. Do any other upgrade (RAM, Graphic card etc.)

Don't do two simultaneous downgrades/upgrades to avoid reactivation.

 

Does Windows 7 require reactivation if...

Then why does it say fs/ft i7-920 in his tag and he wants to downgrade to am3 system? to go from a am2/2+ to am3 isn't a downgrade last time I checked

 

Reactivation Failed

I have just recently replaced my motherboard/processor and I reformatted my windows hard drive. I gone through the hardware changes steps, I chose the old machine listed on my account and clicked on ACTIVATE.

It now tells me that:

"Unable to activate Windows

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

What am I missing here?