Just hair in the wind? You can even sync settings between them or turn sync off for devices on the same account. He bought a hard drive and a copy of windows win 7 home premium 64. Aul that the same deal will apply to people who restore from a. BirdLaw wrote: AceOfSpades wrote: Where are you getting the product key from? Many people have Windows 10 on multiple devices. Its on the same computer, just different harddrive.
This strategy means that Windows 10 can be put everywhere with a tiny drawback. I've done that twice already and both are 100% fresh installs now and fully activated. I upgraded all 5 to windows 10. Not quite, you are never given one. You do not even have to leave the house. I guess time will tell.
When you reinstall Windows 10, it will still ask your for your product key twice, in fact but you can go ahead and skip. DreamSpark Retail keys are issued in batches and are primarily intended for student consumption. This license allows you to install only one instance of the software for use on one device, whether that device is physical or virtual. Actually, I make several Acronis backups during the initial installation so that I can restore to any point in the process. I don't want to upgrade. It works the same as with Windows 7.
I have had to do it for 6 family computers, happily 8gb usb sticks are cheap you only need 4gb but try and find one, lol. As long as you do it correctly upgrade the machine first , you won't need the key. Or try our massive for more help! Let us know your thoughts in comments! I have 3 real drives. You can't run 2 pcs with one license. So what do we do with this scenario? It has little or nothing to do with activation, that is all handled at the Microsoft server end where it checks you information collected when you upgraded with what you have now with a clean install. The Takeaway Microsoft has actually opened up Windows 10. However, this just removes the watermark, but it will not allow you to personalize the computer.
Who else has product keys ending with 3V66T? There are no games on this drive, and I don't want any games to be accessible from this Windows install. During the re-install, you'll be prompted to enter your key. Just skip that step and windows will be activated. I have Windows 7 Pro installed on my custom computer. Even better, Microsoft makes buying Windows 10 through an un-activated copy very easy with a mere Store purchase. I've seen some that say 'one device' and others say 'one device and one portable device', thus two devices total. Win10 is currently installed on the ssd.
Best regards Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help. The product id are different but the product key are all the same. AceOfSpades wrote: Where are you getting the product key from? Personally if this is for some audit - track the keys you bought, the upgrade keys are free anyway. If the installation won't be activated automatically, we could activate Windows 10 with the Windows 10 product key we have got previously using the script. However, I'm running windows 10 education on my desktop pc as well. I'm not sure how that fits in with this thread, though.
Simply open up the Photos app and hit the ellipsis in the upper right-hand corner. If you also activate your laptop with the same key, your desktop one will encounter deactivation issue. I bumped the memory to 8G and installed Windows 10 via the. The only time you'd have to worry about it is if you change editions, say from Windows Home to Windows Pro, for example, whether accidentally or intentionally. I used a program called produkey to show me my product key with network disabled for safety.
I just bought a refurb E6420 with 4G memory and Windows 7 Pro on it. Oddly you select that you want media for another pc, but you will then see that you tick the auto select box to get the correct version and it tells about this being the one you need so a new key is not required. But then I realized I actually own a product key for a Windows 7 Upgrade, which doesn't work as an installation disk. It will not work on a different win 10 version, even a minor difference. All of that is good news for users, since performing a clean installation can sometimes help alleviate problems with a troubled computer. Go to Settings The purchase runs through the Store like any app purchase, and you can just use your Credit Card, PayPal, or whatever payment methods you set up. The product id are different but the product key are all the same.
It's on an ext4 partition taking up the entire drive, so this space is not accessible to Windows. If it is the free upgrade, you will have to reinstall the Win7 or 8. Shhh, you still can personalize What is amusing is although you cannot personalize the computer, you still can. You can enroll in the. Windows 10 Home or Pro is installed, and you can use it.
Pete Greetings, Just wondering if you gents would be able to help me out with my scenerio. To buy a license to activate either Windows 10 Home or Pro, do the following: 1. Cause Microsoft changed activation mechanism, I don't know how it works now. If you ever run into major problems, no need to reinstall, just use the image. One ssd, two classic hard drives. It is a strange new world if you enjoy Windows, but a much more user-friendly one too.