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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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This works for Windows 11 on a Gigabyte z690.
Basically run the commands, find your way via Troubleshoot to the "change of hardware" section.
Choose your computer from the list and Windows activates.
This is clearly an issue with Windows and Microsoft should have long since sorted this out.
HUGE thanks to tanker59 :D
Same issue with Gigabyte Z790 UD AC, after updating twice bios, windows 11 pro retail deactivated.
Chatting 4 times with MS technicians and 4 times let them handle my PC remotely.
First time OK, 3 latest times out of luck.
**** is going on.
Someone please give this guy a medal.
Although I feel sorry about the trouble you are facing, I'm glad I'm not alone but I hope MS is doing something about it because it is bizarre. Never before I experienced something like this with older boards AMD based msi meg X570 ACE & meg X570S ACE MAX
Hi all, just chiming in to say this is still an issue, this time with a Gigabyte mobo. I don't know how I managed to get Win11 to reactivate after I dared update the BIOS...I went through the troubleshooting/get a new key/give up you're hosed/repeat cycle about 5 times and eventually it activated. Makes no sense, but when does Microsoft make sense?
