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Or for people that upgrade their machine for any reason. I recently switched some hardware after my GPU died. My updated copy of Windows 10 (from 8.1) then need
by dividuum 11y ago
Or for people that upgrade their machine for any reason. I recently switched some hardware after my GPU died. My updated copy of Windows 10 (from 8.1) then needed to be activated again. When I tried the automated phone activation it didn't work and I was connected to some support guy that told me to either reinstall 8.1 and then do the free upgrade again or just buy Windows 10. That's a bit annoying as I didn't expect that. Oh well...
- Already__Taken 11y agoIt's supposed to be tied to the motherboard. Did you change that?
- dividuum 11y agoI did. According to their support page at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/activation-errors-windows-10 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/activation-err... "If you've made significant hardware changes to your device (such as replacing the hard drive or motherboard), contact customer support to activate Windows". I tried that and got the same response again. So it's either reinstall/upgrade or a new license.
- Already__Taken 11y agoWhen I built a small batch of OEM machines I asked about cycling the hardware in later upgrades. I was told once the motherboard is changed MS consider that a different computer. Maybe if you replaced the motherboard it might have gotten activated but upgrading it I could understand. I wish the licencing wasn't such dark arts to work out. Go ask a different company I bet you'll get a different answer.