Replacing a damaged motherboard with the exact same model has always been good enough for microsoft to warrant reactivation.

Change motherboard windows 10. Previous next sort by votes. However, please take a closer look for. To change motherboard without reinstalling windows 10/8/7, there are three methods for you to choose.

Hi mark, since you have a retail licence, that does have transfer rights to a new motherboard or pc. In the uefi setup screen, set uefi mode to legacy mode (or disable uefi, or set it to bios. A great (if slightly risky) way to save money on a new motherboard is.

Boot windows normally and then open windows registry editor. Install it with the reverse process: Click on update & security.

In any case, you can most likely continue. Change your boot order and boot your windows. Finally, windows will be able to boot without any problem.

Make the changes in your system registry. Here, you can use it to perform a restore after changing cpu and motherboard without reinstalling windows 7/8/10. The native method is to.

Altering a few registry entries can help you upgrade your motherboard and cpu without reinstalling windows 10. Activate windows after replacing motherboard. To reactivate windows 10 after a hardware change, use these steps: