Reactivate from within windows 10.

Reactivate windows 10 after motherboard change. This opens the settings app. Reactivate from within windows 10. You can see your edition on the same activation page where you checked your activation status.

In this case, you need to buy a new license. The short answer to your question is yes, windows 10 will reactivate so long as the new motherboard has a product key for the same edition (home or pro) of windows 10. My understanding is if your earlier license was retail, the free windows 10 upgrade license is treated as the same (retail) allowing you to perform significant hardware changes.

I recently changed my motherboard and cpu. Make sure that the edition, windows 10 home or windows 10 pro, is the same before and after your hardware change. After booting my pc after that, my windows 10 worked for a day and then it suddenly wanted a product key.

Press windows key + i (hold down the windows key and press i), or open your start menu and click the ⚙ (gear icon). You won't need a product key to reactivate windows 10 on the same hardware. Under the windows section, click the.

This can help you reactivate windows using the. When you make significant hardware changes, such as replacing the motherboard or h. I have searched this topic and everything seems to be almost a year old.

To do so, you need to: If windows fails to activate after a motherboard replacement, contact dell tech support and allow the agent to troubleshoot the issue. If dell tech support advises.