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Hey guys I have a question I tried windows 10 for a while like last year and I used Microsoft toolkit to activate it and then wiped out everything and decided to buy a product key i put the key in and activated it. However when i got a new motherboard I installed it without wiping my hard drive and when I got to my desktop I checked if it was activated and it was. So my question is is the activator carried over or is it just my key code I'm just worried I'll get in trouble with Microsoft. I look forward to hearing from you thanks.
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I think Microsoft see a motherboard change as a new computer and this will deactivate Windows 10.
If the motherboard is like for like ie: MSI x99s Gaming 7 for a new MSI x99s Gaming 7, then I think the activation will be OK.
Try reading this post
Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change
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