Windows 11 Can't activate windows 11 after upgrade.

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Sheldon Wilson

Hi, I upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 on my old PC, and it was digitally linked to my Microsoft account. And activation was fine. Until, upgrading motherboard, CPU and ram. I did a clean install, and signed in to my Microsoft account thinking that would activate windows 11. And I've tried going through the troubleshooting, choosing the changed hardware option, but no device is listed. But in my account, it lists both my old and new PC as linked to my account. I just had Microsoft on the phone saying I have to buy a license. Surely if I had Windows 11 activated before on an older PC, it wou

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