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Ignoring 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 acti
by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Ignoring 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.