Hi everyone, months ago I have someone upgraded my mobo from a gigabyte model to a MSI one, I initially use windows 7 Pro (OEM key) since 2016 but inplace-upgraded to Windows 10 in early 2020.
Of course after the mobo change Windows 10 became unactivated, and I know I will not be able to reactivate the OS using the Windows 7 oem key I had since it is tied to my old motherboard.
However, when I try to use that OEM key to see if it will reactivate Windows 10 for the heck of it, it actually worked! May I know if this has occurred to anyone before or is there a loophole to the system that cause it to reactivate a second time?
Now I was thinking of it, I had called up Microsoft before the mobo change asking if my key (which I read to them) can be transfered. It is genuine and storebought but I was not sure if it is retail or OEM since I had the pc built for me by someone else. They told me it is OEM and couldn't be transfered to a new motherboard... Could they have done something to the key so I could have reactivate it again?
Of course after the mobo change Windows 10 became unactivated, and I know I will not be able to reactivate the OS using the Windows 7 oem key I had since it is tied to my old motherboard.
However, when I try to use that OEM key to see if it will reactivate Windows 10 for the heck of it, it actually worked! May I know if this has occurred to anyone before or is there a loophole to the system that cause it to reactivate a second time?
Now I was thinking of it, I had called up Microsoft before the mobo change asking if my key (which I read to them) can be transfered. It is genuine and storebought but I was not sure if it is retail or OEM since I had the pc built for me by someone else. They told me it is OEM and couldn't be transfered to a new motherboard... Could they have done something to the key so I could have reactivate it again?
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