Forgotten the Email Id password which is linked to activate windows with digital license

Question

I purchased HP laptop yesterday. I forgotten the password of Email which is linked with the digital license key of windows. I can't recover it. Further it is not microsoft account it is a gmail account. I have microsoft account now. And want to link with digital license key. How can I solve this ?

Answer 1

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If Windows 11 was pre-installed on the HP laptop, then there is an OEM licence stored on a chip on the motherboard, and that type of licence belongs to the device, not to the Microsoft account used when setting up the laptop, and any time you need to re-install Windows, it will activate automatically from the licence on the motherboard, regardless of the Microsoft account used.

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Are you experiencing any problems logging into Windows on that device with your new Microsoft account?

Answer 2

I think the lic isn’t in that gmail… it’s read from the UEFI MSDM block, so just open Settings→Activation once; if it still won’t bind, reinstalling on this same HP will auto‑pull the key again.