Reactivate from within windows 10.

Reactivate windows 10 new motherboard. This opens the settings app. I recently did exactly the same thing. Installed windows 10, wasn’t allowed activation, was ‘encouraged’ by on screen message to buy another copy of.

How to reactivate the windows 10 operating system after a hardware change. First, click the start button followed by the “gear” icon located along the start menu’s left edge. If you’ve decided to change your motherboard, the next step is to reactivate windows 10.

To reactivate windows 10 after a hardware change, use these steps: When you make significant hardware changes, such as replacing the motherboard or h. If windows 10 will not activate after installing a new motherboard and you upgraded to windows 10 via windows 7 or 8/8.1, you can attempt to activate windows 10 on the new.

This is a homebuilt machine circa 2015. If you’ve installed the new motherboard without activating it, follow the instructions below.