New build and Windows 10 help

[budink]

Recently updated most of my computer, new cpu, mobo etc and now i have a little "activate windows" thing in the bottom left of my screen. I go to activate it but i tells me only error messages. I try to re-enter my product key but it wont let me add accounts and hitting "change key" gives me the same 0x803F7001 error message. 

What have i missed?

[Samoth]

this computer was originally OEM or build ?

[budink]

3 minutes ago, Samoth said:

this computer was originally OEM or build ?

Im not sure what OEM means

The computer was originally bought from a PC shop but since then this is the second major hardware update ive done, only really the HDDs are from the original  (guessing thats what you were asking)

[Master Disaster]

You need to call MS, tell them your board died so you swapped it out and now your computer is asking for reactivation.

 

They'll talk you through confirming your eligibility with them and might just reactive you but if they don't just say that it is the same computer but you had hardware failure and changed the board, they usually accept that and reactivate but if they refuse then your kinda stuck paying for Windows again.

[Samoth]

OEM means that a company like HP, DELL.... assemble the computer.

but since you buy it from a pc shop then windows was activated by a OEM license witch cost less but as one problem: when activated the license is stick to the mobo witch mean if you change it, the license key will be deactivated.

 

so you have 2 option:

1: you use the old mobo for this windows.

2: you buy a license for windows

[budink]

6 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

You need to call MS, tell them your board died so you swapped it out and now your computer is asking for reactivation.

 

They'll talk you through confirming your eligibility with them and might just reactive you but if they don't just say that it is the same computer but you had hardware failure and changed the board, they usually accept that and reactivate but if they refuse then your kinda stuck paying for Windows again.

dam, gonna call them in the morning

really dont want to have to shell out for new windows. the build cost me enough as is