Changed MB OEM should work ?

kululu · Jul 17, 2014

I replaced MB to the same one I had (thought I had problems with it) and formatted my PC should the OEM key work fine ?

bignastyid · Jul 17, 2014

Yes, but you may have to activate over the phone.

USAFRet · Jul 17, 2014

bignastyid :

^^ This. You will probably have to go through the phone robot to activate.

kululu · Jul 17, 2014

What does it mean activate over the phone ? Never done it, is it available only for US residents?

bignastyid · Jul 17, 2014

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 17, 2014

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/activate-windows#1TC=windows-7
Activate Windows on this computer

kululu · Jul 17, 2014

Ok managed to do it and activated thanks

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 17, 2014

Glad to hear thanks for posting!