trouble re-activating Windows

[Bill Christiansen]

Any tricks to re-activating Windows if it doesn’t do it automatically after re-installing from official Chuwi Hi12 Dual boot Win 10 files?

I contacted Microsoft support but they told me that because it’s OEM I need to contact manufacturer. It’s a bit slack since it was an MS update that caused a boot loop and forced me to re-install.

[Chris G]

They key should be present in the bios and Windows would use that. Maybe try and read the key using an app and enter it in?

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[Bill Christiansen]

I tried an app called produkey and entered the key but get the same error. Windows gives you the last 5 characters of the key it is expecting but it doesn’t match the one I extracted with the app. I wonder if this got messed up when I previously reflashed bios, but Windows was still activated and I used it for months after that.

[Bill Christiansen]

After trying lots of things including another fresh install I managed to activate by phone but had to hang on the line until I got a real person.

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