Activation failed after second time installation of Windows 11 Pro

[Bülent Akgül]

Hello everyone.I have a Windows 11 Pro with digital license. I formatted my laptop and installed Windows today to the same device without any hardware changes. While installing a fresh copy, I was asked if I want to restore files/apps from previous backup and I choose doing that way. Activation was fine with that installation. Only a few minutes later, I decided to reinstall Windows without restoring from a backup and format my disk again and reinstall Windows. With this second fresh installation, activation failed. When I look at my devices on my Microsoft account, I see two identical laptops

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