After update of win 7 ultimate retail to win 10 pro, I had to change a motherboard (ASUS to Asrock). I needed to reactivate but that was done over the internet with no interaction by telephone to MS.
Win 10 won't activate after new mobo?
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After update of win 7 ultimate retail to win 10 pro, I had to change a motherboard (ASUS to Asrock). I needed to reactivate but that was done over the internet with no interaction by telephone to MS.
you went from win7 to win10 using the free upgrade or did you buy win10? if u used the free upgrade then i already know that your able to change hardware on that device but there's a limit on how many times you can do it, which i think it's 4 times. also i don't think it be transferred to a totally different device, as some of hardware as to be the same so it knows it's still that device, if you get what i mean
but i wanted to know if the windows 10 retail boxes (meaning payed for windows 10) have the same limits? if it's like previous retail licenses then you can change hardware as many times as you like and transfer from pc to pc.
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In the end I dropped the Win 10 iso, and a fresh install with the same key that would not activate in the first place.