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Hi everyone, I find myself in a bit of a bind. I'm fixing a PC for a family friend - the motherboard died. Anyway, it was running Windows 8.1 - (I believe it was a cracked version - dunno, didn't build it). So anyway, the motherboard died, so I swapped like for like - A Gigabyte SKT-AM3...

Quick question. If I build a new PC and move the hard drive from my old unit to the new one, will the activation code still be valid? Isn't it based on the computer's configuration (MB, CPU, etc)? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Background... a few days ago I shutdown and disconnected my Desktop PC (running valid upgrade to Pro) and cleaned the inside (compressed air). Upon reconnecting it to all of the cords it decided to go into a BSOD loop. Long story short I did a repair and then did a hardware test (all was OK)...

Hey guys, it has been a while since I posted. I was having some terrible issues with my Windows 10 install. I had some terrible issues with updates breaking my activation. I would go from 14393.1066 to 15063.0 or 15063.250 and my activation would tell me it either couldn't reach the activation...

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I am going to put a new motherboard and processor in today. I am wondering if my present Product key will work or will I have to buy an new one?

I have been renting office 365 from Microsoft, This year I won't renew. I have purchased Office 2016 Pro Plus. After my time is up on my 365 rental can I just install Office 2016 pro plus over office 365 and then activate with the key? Thanks for your help

New laptop, Windows 10 already installed. Bought Microsoft Office at the same time. After initial setup, I decided to download Outlook 2016 as I was used to using Windows Live Mail on my previous laptop. The download was successful, but it required activation via Office. I installed Office and...

I just upgraded my motherboard/cpu/ram and installed windows 10 home successfuly. However, I am unable to activate my windows 10 because I don't know how to sign into my mircrosoft account that my digital license is tied to active it. I get an error code: 0x803F7001 and there is no place to add...

Hello, suddenly on startup I started to get a message that I need to renew my license and in the activasion options it says that it will expire on January 7th. Its the first time I ever get this one. How do I fix it? Thank you.

Hello I need an advice. It's long time what I bought my laptop with official win 8. Now I need to clear and format my HDD again. My question is: Can I install my official copy of windows and activate it again ? I would like to clear my hdd completely. If is it possible, please, where I can find...

Hi all i am hoping someone can help me. i have installed Mercedes EWA/epc/wis workshop manual / parts cat on my Windows 10,but I am having trouble running it and I have just found out that I have activated it with the wrong MAC address it is using Ethernet MAC address when it should be activated...

Hello, I have a laptop that came with an OEM version of Windows 8. It is an aging machine which I have since re-purposed to run Linux. However, I occasionally do need to run Windows programs, and would like to be able to activate Windows 8 on a virtual machine on that same machine its locked...

My hp recover manager cant locate my recovery partition I bought laptop with pre-installed genuine windows 10. Can I create a new media for windows installation through media creation tool and install windows using it.Will my windows be activated automatically on connecting it with internet (as...

Join Date: Oct 2014 win7 pro 32 bit Link Removed Local Time: 17:39 Link Removed Link Removed Recovery Says Wrong Windows Version I have a bootable USB with Win7 Ult on it from which I recently installed Win7 Ult. So I know it's good. Now I get a machine - Win7 Ult - that keeps...

Hi everyone: For those W10 upgraders anxiously awaiting to see whether your upgrade to Windows10 would stick or ask you for a Credit Card payment after the July 29th deadline: GOOD NEWS!! This morning I checked 3 of my machines that I've upgraded to W10 for Activation status; and they all...

Hi, I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Home. I don't know what happened today, my windows is not activated... The problem is, that it's a desktop PC and is used by each family member. I see Office and it look like my brother has tried to illegally "activate" Office instead of using my...

We are trying to set up a server to act as an imaging server. We need DHCP enabled, which it is but it does not seem to be issuing any IP addresses. Could Windows activation be preventing DHCP services?