Windows activation after bios update

First of all, thanks for your sharing and the amount of patience you have.

I have no intention, though, to waste a single minute more of my life dealing with a totally unprofessional support. It does not exist, that it.

I hope any in this forum and everywhere will be able to solve this issue, one way or the other. I did what some Microsoft 'tech support' have done, using a third party software to unlock the stuck license, which I payed good money as you did, and I have all invoices microsoft should be asking for.

For now everything is working properly on my machine, even though the issue wasn't fixed by the official support, I'm ok with that. Hopefully microsoft will wake up from the lethargic deep coma and finally acknowledge this is an issue affecting many of their (paying, once more) users. I put the emphasis on the 'paying' point, just to balance the times troubleshooter suggested me to fix the issue buying a license, just assuming I had a pirated copy of my OS.

I don't know if I will be able to use again this license since I tend to change pc once every decade or so, but to be honest I don't want to think about it since now

Have a nice one everybody, and good luck

Really enjoyed the first few posts that said this was isolated and not a common issue. LOL

This also applies to the 500 series and maybe some other brands. And maybe all systems with a TPM??????

Also enjoyed the posts about invalid software etc and it will expire in one year. LOL

My issue is that I will never be able to change my CPU or MOBO since I was cheated out of my one hardware change. Maybe MS will take care of that or not/TBD!

Another issue is what else is waiting under the covers to bite users with a death bite.

I still recommend not updating your BIOS unless you are having significant issues not related to software.

Another point is to flash your bios during the very first build boot before installing/activating windows. Some BIOSs are not playing well with Windows 11 and need the BIOS update on first contact.

I love MS products and all they have done since 1982. But post COVID has been a rash of development pushed out without checking under the covers in detail on critical basic system needs (like buying a car=engine, brakes, transmission, steering, leaking oil, glass (forget about the radio, pretty wide tires-wheels, loud exhaust, low rider, even AC).

I had to give away my perfect 390 system because all the updates broke security features.

Presently have a MSI 590, 500/600 series Zenbooks, XBOX X and S.

ETP: have you had trouble on your laptops?

I'm curious, has anyone had trouble on laptops?

Not yet! But I haven't updated FW since this happened to my new desktop. Both laptops have very poor cooling but are extremely reliable.

I have laptop as well under the same account hp victus however I never expirenced any issues with my laptop , there where several frimware/bios updates in the past but no issues at all.