Windows 10 activation.


  1. Posts : 2,493
    Windows 7 64Bit
       #1

    Windows 10 activation.


    In january i bought a new pc. And my friend put a licenced windows 8.1. Then came the upgrade to windows 10. And evrything was ok. A while after i got windows 10 i had to get a new mother board and now it say's in the right corner that i have to activate windows. How ?

    i tried the help desk and they said that the only way was to re-instal win 8. activate it and then upgrade to win 10. is there any other way ?

    Thank you for your time.
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  2. Posts : 51,383
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       #2

    That's the only way.
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  3. Posts : 2,493
    Windows 7 64Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    oh ok. Thanks .
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Hi,
    You could buy win-10 pro changing the mother board will scrap any previous installed activation key that was used on the old board unless it was a retail key,
    If it was a retail key then yes you would have to reinstall the original os and upgrade it again although if it was a retail key 10 is supposed to assume the same status of activation oem or retail
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - Newegg.com
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