jdec112016w

Mienko
Hey there everyone.  Does anybody else have this issue?  If I update my bios, I need to re-enter my MSFT password as the PIN will not work.  Okay, fine.  BUT, also after booting windows is no longer activated and I have to do the activation dance with my digital keys.  Anybody else experience anything similar?
 

Your first issue with your PIN not working is normal, it also can happen just by clearing my CMOS, as far as Windows no longer being activated, no that is not normal. I have a couple questions though, in the process is your PC getting renamed, so Microsoft thinks it is a different PC? Are you using a OEM version of Windows or Retail? I have Retail and for many years I am listed/certified with Microsoft as PC builder with no serial number for any MB my Windows Retail version is used on. Only 1 MB at a time is ever online. In my case I am using the same SSDs M.2, so my MB is not relevant. In settings>> System Information, no serial number for the MB, it says default string instead.

jdec112016w
Not always for me, clearing CMOS makes me reset my MS PIN, sometimes does, sometimes it does not. For me just a inconvenience, I do a quick reset using my phone linked to my PC. You have a really odd issue with Windows not being valid again, that has never happened to me. What version of BIOS are you using/updating to, on what MB and CPU. If you are using the new Intel 13th Generation CPU, on a Z690 MB, lots of issues on Z690s MBs here at EVGA, figured that was going to happen, I read couple hours ago they once again issued another BIOS revision trying to solve the issues. Obviously something is causing MS to think you are using a different PC/MB, with that Windows license, and you are right, all you are doing is a BIOS update. Maybe others are having the same issues and have not looked at their activation status, like you have.