after a motherboard upgrade, for the third time. my windows 8 key says its installed on the max amount of pc's,

thedocter0406

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as i stated, i installed a new motherboard today, as my old one was defective,
and my windows 8 is now saying when i try to put in my key that it is on the max amount of computers, is there any way to reset my key so its uninstalled on all computers i had it on?
also what i mean by all computers is, this one computer through 3 motherboard upgrades.
and i absolutely cannot buy another windows 8 key.
nor can i call anyone.
 
you've to call.
go to windows activation and choose phone activation and there's a toll free number to microsoft.
be nice tell them your motherboard died and they should give you the activation code.
 


i called the number, etc gave the machine the code ( installation id) and did everything right, it says im installed on multiple pcs etc, and then call ended.