Windows activation after bios update

Anonymous
2022-06-19T10:02:22+00:00

After updating the bios, im unable to activate windows 11, which was already activated. You're telling me I can't update the bios without windows freaking out. I paid for this product and now the only thing the troubleshooter is telling me to do is to just buy another product key. How the hell do I go about fixing this since windows services is just an utter joke? I'm constantly having to deal with fixing **** issues with windows 11. This product is a big joke. The "get help" app does nothing but direct me to exactly what their windows activation page is on the website.

Contacting support did nothing. They told me it's not their issue. Quality service M$

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-21T20:09:38+00:00

    Similar issue here, upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 no problem for almost two years and after a recent BIOS update ( I did multiple in the past without issue ) Win11 won't activate anymore.

    I had linked the license to my MS account and now seeing:

    Unable to activate Windows
    We can't activate your copy of Windows because the digital licence for this device has already been used to reactivate Windows.

    Sounds like the BIOS update just trigger hardware change and those reactivation are finite.

    If only Windows could see it's the same hardware, just an updated BIOS.

    This is going to impact security as people will be afraid of updating their BIOS even more :-(

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-07T09:41:04+00:00

    Just giving this thread a friendly bump

    Same issue for me, over multiple BIOS updates on my Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite DDR4 motherboard.

    All works fine... until I format my PC for a fresh start and the digital licence does not sync up and says not activated.

    Had Microsoft support fix it over the phone once (I think they just generated a new serial key).

    Other time I just bought another licence.

    In my Microsoft account I can see I have 4 instances of the same PC linked under My Devices (all with different Windows 11 version numbers).

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-23T14:54:04+00:00

    Hi, my name is Frik, I have the same issue, my Pc kept on giving me a blue screen "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart" I contact Evetech where I bought the PC, and they said I must update the bios. So, I did, after updating the bios my PC did not want to update any more. I than decided to reinstall a fresh copy of windows 11 pro and after installing it tells me that I need to activate windows. I called Microsoft 6 times, and they are telling me that I must hold on while they are going to speak to the Windows department. after 25min of waiting they dropped they phone. When you phone back, they are asking you to hold and then the phone goes dead. This is really bad, I bought Minecraft, and it is activated on this account as well.

    If you go to the online support, it tells you a lot of **** that cannot help you.

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