Reactivating Windows after hardware upgrade

[tanzanos]

I bought an HP notebook with preinstalled OEM windows 8. I upgraded free to windows 10. After a year my motherboard completely died and is not repairable. I installed another motherboard and now cannot activate windows 10. I found that Amazon UK sells very cheap Windows 10 activation keys. My question is: What type of key do I need to buy (OEM activation key or OEM product key)?

 

[Mark RM]

OEM keys are literally matched to their respective motherboards

However, that new board will also have a digital activation license, the trick is to reinstall Windows and select "I don't have a key" during install, this will force it to find the digital key for that board on the MS servers.

 

[USAFRet]

I bought an HP notebook with preinstalled OEM windows 8. I upgraded free to windows 10. After a year my motherboard completely died and is not repairable. I installed another motherboard and now cannot activate windows 10. I found that Amazon UK sells very cheap Windows 10 activation keys. My question is: What type of key do I need to buy (OEM activation key or OEM product key)?

For a dead and replaced motherboard, you should NOT have to buy anything.
And especially one of those cheap ones.

Contact Microsoft, and they should hook you up.

 

[captaincharisma]

agreed if you had to replace the motherboard cause it failed (its HP so not surprising) MS should be able to get that key working for you with the new one

 

[boncoin24]

I bought an HP notebook with preinstalled OEM windows 8. I upgraded free to windows 10. After a year my motherboard completely died and is not repairable. I installed another motherboard and now cannot activate windows 10. I found that Amazon UK sells very cheap Windows 10 activation keys. My question is: What type of key do I need to buy (OEM activation key or OEM product key)?

call microsoft service on this number they have option hardware change i hope it will help

out usa +18558010109
in usa 08558010109

share with us the result


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[tanzanos]

Thank you all for your advice. When I go back to Europe I shall attempt to call Microsoft and hope for the best. If for any reason Microsoft does not help me, will buying an activation key solve my problem and if yes which key should I buy; win8 or win 10?

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you all for your advice. When I go back to Europe I shall attempt to call Microsoft and hope for the best. If for any reason Microsoft does not help me, will buying an activation key solve my problem and if yes which key should I buy; win8 or win 10?

Windows 10.