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Had this happen to me after installing a secondary SSD. Windows was deactivated, and wouldn't reactivate. I ended up having to use the Windows Restore tool before I could activate again. Having to reinstall all of your programs is never fun.

I didn’t even have to reactivate after changing my MB. I never had to reactivate an activated Windows 10 in general.

I had a new mobo broken in 1 week and replaced it with the same model and it ended up license being invalid despite the mobo being the exact same model.

I had to make a phone call since none of the methods Windows or the internet suggested worked and that phone literally took 30 min to reactivate my license again. That wasn't fun.

If only there was a way to get LTSC as a non-institutional customer and a way to activate it.

(wink wink)