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Good idea, but I first logged into MS after the deactivation, so no devices are in my MS profile.

I tried both logged in and logged out. Did you have a retail product key, or an OEM key?

Yes, I think that's probably the case. I believe the OEM keys are more easily invalidated by hardware changes than retail keys. I have a message in to the key vendor and will see what they say. It may be that I'll need to buy a new key.

After reading your post, I tried the following: 1. disconnect internet 2. Update & Security > Activation > Change product key 3. enter product key > Activate 4. "can't activate because activation servers aren't available right now". 5. After closing this dialogue box, I'm brought back to...

Yeah, that just sends me to the troubleshooter.

Do you think a new OEM key will work? They clearly work for new installs, just not sure it will work for this kind of situation.

After searching for Windows activation phone, I found something about running 'slui 4' at win+R run prompt, but nothing pops up.

Using the link Nobu provided, I got to the step where it asked for the error code, and then says the product key can no longer be used to activate Windows. No phone number option was provided.

Two years ago, I built a PC on a Z690 board with Intel i5-12400 CPU and installed Windows 10 Pro with an OEM license/product key purchased from Whokeys. I just upgraded CPU to i5-14600 and upgraded RAM from 32gb to 64gb. Motherboard was not changed, but I did have to update the BIOS given the...

The i5-14600 upgrade has been great. I can't tell the difference between when market is moving quickly and when it's doing nothing - fan noise is roughly the same all day now. And CPU utilization is between 40-60% vs close to or at 100% during busy times. I suppose the fan upgrade from stock...

Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that. The i5-14600 smokes the i7-12700. Even beats it on single thread rating. And it also marginally beats the i7-14700 on single thread rating. Adding that to the list at current price/availability ((I don't need k, but some CPUs are only in stock in k flavor)...

The 14700 non-k is out of stock (I could wait for it to get back in stock as it's not an emergency upgrade situation), but for the same price, shouldn't I just get the k even if I'm not ever going to overclock it?

motherboard: MSI Z690-A Pro DDR4 Intel LGA 1700 ATX CPU: i5-12400 with stock cooler RAM: 32gb DDR4 graphics: Nvidia P620 x 2 This is a trading computer I built 2 years ago. I notice that when the markets are busy, which means data streaming in faster, the fan ramps up. When I look at resource...

This heatsink came with a MSI Z690 motherboard. It kind of looks like there is a protective film that should be removed, but I can't peel anything at the edge. So maybe this goes on the SSD just as it is? I bought this motherboard open box, so I guess it's possible the first buyer removed the...