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Windows 11 is no longer activated after a BIOS update and cannot be reactivated
After a BIOS update, my Windows 11 Pro is no longer activated, and I can't reactivate it using the troubleshooter either, as the license apparently can no longer be found in my Microsoft account. ...
If your license was a digital entitlement, and you can't recover it now, you might need to reactivate using the original product key or purchase a new license.
Thanks for the reply.
Until now, Windows 11 has always been digitally activated using the license associated with my Microsoft account.
Unfortunately, I no longer have the original product key, as I recall it was a Windows 7 Pro key, and I apparently threw it away at some point, thinking it was no longer needed.
For some reason, I can no longer find my license in my Microsoft account.