Windows 10: Windows activation issue with digital liscence

Hi,I just installed Windows 11 pro from the Microsoft website and logged in with my Microsoft account to activate Windows with my digital license. But it doesn't activate for some reason.For some background: I installed a new SSD in my PC.When I installed Windows 10 pro on my old ssd, it activated automatically when I logged in my account. I also removed my old PC from my microsoft account in order to activate on this one with the new ssd.Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

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How to activate windows 10 using digital liscence after hardware change

How to activate windows 10 using digital liscence. I already had digital liscence after upgrading from windows 7 to windows 10 which was free upgrade.But recently after hardware change I am not able to activate windows 10 using digital liscence which I
already had before. I also tried logging through Microsoft account but cannot activitate windows 10.

 

Activating windows

we found a windows 10 home digital liscence for this device running 10 pro, to activate using this liscence you need to install 10 home

 

liscencing & activation

Hi,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

Activation depends on what type of license you have of Windows 7/8/10.

If Windows 7/8/10 came preinstalled with the computer, that is called an OEM license. For an OEM license, the license dies as soon as Motherboard dies. So essentially it is non-transferable. If that is the case you need to get a new license.

However, this is not same for retail licenses i.e. you purchased the license through Microsoft store. That does carry transfer rights. If that is the case, please see the below steps:

Run the activation troubleshooter on the new device using the below steps:

Go to Settings>Update and security>Activation and run the troubleshooter. and select I recently changed hardware on this device.

Please note that Activation troubleshooter requires you to have digital license linked to Microsoft Account.

Please let us know if you need any assistance.