after motherboard replacement ms office will not activate

Nor do I envy you having to deal with M$ bullsh!t regarding forced up dates, or M$ introducing, 'planned obsolescence', into the Windows platform. So, what I think you really meant to ask is, 'am I jealous or envious that you still have your product key up and running', (Windows 7?). Where do you summon the hubris to imagine this makes me 'mad'? First off, there's an old saying, 'dogs go mad, people get angry'. I'm certainly not disposed of building or buying a new machine to acquiesce to Win 11's hardware requirements. I have not capitulated to M$' 'security propaganda' to embrace or capitulate to installing Win 10, nor do I have any immediate need to do so. I have done no such thing as setting up a M$ email account. I do have my system backed up but that won't do me any good because it's the same system that's already loaded and won't activate either.ĭoes anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this activation problem that I'm almost certainly going to have once I replace the MB? Thanks. That is certainly not a fun prospect and I certainly don't like the idea of paying for a new Windows license. If that's the case, it looks as if I will have to purchase a new Windows license and try to install it over my existing Windows system while keeping my user files intact. My Win 10 was the MS free upgrade from Win 7 so it's looking to me as if I will not be able to activate Win 10 without starting with the old Win 7 which I no longer have the license codes for (it came pre-installed on my computer). My fear is that if my problem is indeed a bad motherboard (which I am almost certain it is going to be at this point), once I put the new MB in, Windows will no longer activate. I have a well maintained Windows 10 system with lots of Apps on it.

I have a Dell Inspiron with Windows 10 which is down with a hardware problem.

After motherboard replacement ms office will not activate