Upgraded hardware after 10 years. Is there any way to keep my Windows Activation?

[Microsoft Windows]

I built my computer over 10 years ago. I had bought windows 8 (that then turned into windows 10 as a free update). I didn't have a disk drive on my computer so I remember putting the disk on a flash drive and installing that way. I recently upgraded. New Motherboard, new CPU. Windows is saying its not active (permanent grey text on bottom right of screen) EC: 0xC004F211. And I'm guessing I never linked my windows with my Microsoft account, as its unable to connect it after I run "I've recently upgraded hardware".I even use ShowKeyPlus to pull the original key and installed key, and tried enter

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