I would be extremely surprised if it activated after not having done so within an hour.
You can manually trigger activation in the Windows 10 settings menu somewhere, and get an answer immediately. You *do* need to make sure the version of Windows is 100% identical to what was previously installed though, down to the various international version that have different language packs and misc media features enabled / disabled. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:19 PM Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > > Hi Mark, > > was your old version Win10 PRO" as well? - as far as I know a > > reinstall will only validate if the hardware as recorded at MS mostly > > matches and its the same version. Cloning via dd, then running through > > the re-validation checks, then making changes in small steps is the only > > way I have been able to make it work despite what is written in the link > > below. > > > > Also check out: > > > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-will-microsoft-charge-you-if-you-need-to-reinstall/ > > > > BillK > > > > Bill, > It's a great question that I cannot answer with certainty unless I put > the old drive back in. I thought it was when I did the install this > afternoon but I wasn't sure. > > I'm going to let the machine sit overnight and see if it activates > automatically. If it doesn't I'll go back to the old drive and if needed > will do a new reinstall with the right version. If I can get away with this > path I will. If not I'll go with something like Mick suggested. > > thanks, > Mark >
