So an Asus built laptop will have a built-in licence in the bios provided by Asus. It should activate automatically. You need to contact whoever provided the new laptop.
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Hi this laptop is a replacement as the first one had a faulty screen so I'm now having an issues activating windows I've gone into settings to activate but says cant activate windows on this device because the product key was already used on another device
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Anonymous
2024-08-17T20:19:39+00:00 no repair a replacement laptop make Asus
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Neil D 33,495 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2024-08-17T12:53:41+00:00 A replaced screen should not affect activation.Who carried out the repair. Did they install windows.Is it a branded laptop where the licence is provided by the manufacturer?