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Windows 10 just cost me $200, on a new computer. This after a different copy of Windows 10 killed my previous computer motherboard dead during a forced reinstal
by Nomentatus 10y ago
Windows 10 just cost me $200, on a new computer. This after a different copy of Windows 10 killed my previous computer motherboard dead during a forced reinstall due to an incompatibility between Windows 7 and Windows 10 (the HD was accessed by Windows 7 on another computer, after still other Windows 10 problems that began the whole debacle.) So that's one computer and $200 that Windows 10 has cost me, lately.
- Grazester 10y ago"This after a different copy of Windows 10 killed my previous computer motherboard dead during a forced " Wow, that's quite a claim!
- Nomentatus 10y agoI had a lot of problems after Windows 10 took over, but finally, an accidental unplugging during a Win 10 reinstall killed the motherboard. Not likely a coincidence, not something I'd have been doing except for numberless problems.
- CmdrSprinkles 10y agoIgnoring the dubiousness of the claim, make sure that you log-in to your MS account with your new install to tie that serial to your account so that future activation is just "log-in". I recently reformatted a new laptop (probably paid for Windows in the price of that, but was reasonable) and made sure to do that as I had no serial to reinstall with. Worked like a charm.
- Nomentatus 10y agoYou can't log in on a new motherboard or computer - OEM only these days. This was a forced reinstall as stated above, NOT a new install. The dead comp was four years old.