hello, so i just downgraded back to win10 from win11 but i cant activate my windows 10 pro anymore, it doesn't recognise my serial, is there anyway around this? thanks
Then it should be a MSDM key inside the BIOS, you can check by running the QT from here, it will show you what MSDM key is present, and you can use it for activation.
Open an elevated command prompt window from the WinX Menu, and type each of the following commands one after the other. After typing in each command, hit Enter. Code: net stop sppsvc cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WSLicense ren tokens.dat tokens.bar net start sppsvc cscript.exe %windir%\system32\slmgr.vbs /rilc
The Tokens.dat file in the Windows operating system is a digitally signed file, which stores most of the Windows and Office activation files. All files together have a digital signature that prevents tokens.dat be replaced on other machines, in this case, if used on different machines, will ask for online activation. Sometimes the Tokens.dat file may get corrupted as a result of which Windows Activation may not take place successfully. this command will rebuild it.
Frankly I never heard of tokens.dat in the folder suggested above. Tokens.dat are in \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC (managed by clipsvc) and \Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0 (managed by sppsvc)