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Activation after hardware change

That's not entirely correct. I don't know if definition of "OEM" license has changed in the past 10 years, but in my case it wasn't tied to MB at all. I've replaced MB once already while on Win 7. It wasn't "volume key" tied to SLIC in BIOS. The only difference from full retail license was that...
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- Post #8
- Jul 27, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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Activation after hardware change

It's exactly the same steps, and like I said they don't work for me.
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- Post #5
- Jul 26, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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Activation after hardware change

I've already tried to follow that guide, and it didn't worked.
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- Post #3
- Jul 26, 2022
- Forum: Windows 10
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Activation after hardware change

I had a Windows 7 with genuine OEM key. That was like 10 years ago, so I no longer have the key. When MS offered a free upgrade to Win10 I did that and migrated to "digital license". Recently I've upgraded my PC and replaced MB and CPU. The problem is that I cannot reactivate it again following...
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- Thread
- Jul 26, 2022
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows 10
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No optional features to install

Win 1909, i wanted to add XPS printer, went into optional features. It was loading for several minutes and then showed "No optional features to install". SFC is fine C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow Beginning system scan. This process will take some time. Beginning verification phase of...
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- Thread
- Jun 23, 2020
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows 10
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

I did it!!!! Update appeared in Windows Update, and it worked from there.
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- Post #133
- Feb 25, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

Damn, it is persistent. Cloned current installation to SSD and tried to upgrade. Crashed all the same, but now almost right at the end of applying WIM. I wonder if SSD speed made a difference ?
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- Post #132
- Feb 24, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

The drive. Not the BIOS :) Anyway, any other ideas other than clean install ?
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- Post #130
- Feb 23, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

BIOS was in UEFI mode, it doesn't have any other mode anyway. Current Windows wasn't in UEFI, but now is. Clean 1908 was UEFI from the start. Also, I've noticed that all browser cookies and history are gone. Is that a consequence of running FRST fix ?
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- Post #128
- Feb 22, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

What do you mean ? I haven't changed anything in BIOS.
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- Post #126
- Feb 22, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

Clean 1908 onto fresh SSD works, I already tried that. Shouldn't be a thermal issue - i'm quite an active gamer (you might have noticed), and never had anything resembling thermal issue even in most stressful games.
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- Post #124
- Feb 22, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

Alright, that was unexpected. It crashed during initial "preparing to setup" phase. I.e. from "normal" Windows. No BSOD, just same power down and reboot.
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- Post #122
- Feb 22, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

Do i want original 1809 or March 2019 update ? Upd - neither match my current version.
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- Post #120
- Feb 19, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

Yeah, same point. The ISO for 1908 is from media creation tool. I deleted the ISO for 1809, it was from uupdump, but i can easily recreate it.
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- Post #118
- Feb 19, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update
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Upgrading 1809 to 1909 - mysterious problem.

I've installed those drivers, wiped the SSD with clean 1908 and then attempted to upgrade again. Alas, same result. I think what i'm going to do is to clone current installation to SSD and then try to upgrade. This really looks like HW issue, so hopefully this will fix it.
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- Post #116
- Feb 19, 2020
- Forum: Windows Update

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