I bought about a week ago a laptop, which I have to return because of some problems. It was preinstalled Windows 10 without a license. So I bought the key separately. Can I deactivate the key on the old laptop and activate it on the new one? So "take away"? The old laptop should end up again Windows 10 without license installed.
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You can do this manually (just write if you want to know how) or simply, if you logged in to the old laptop with your Microsoft account, just log in from the new one and you're done.
I would like to know how. In the Microsoft account I can disconnect the laptop from the account, but I believe that this license still remains on the old one: //
Hello you open cmd in the administration mode and enter slmgr / upk, and then the license is uninstalled.
Although you have an OEM license, you should have the same rights as with a retail license. Therefore, the product key should be transferable. I'm not 100% sure, but you can just try it out and if it does not work out in the end, you just lay down a new license for little money.
I would initially disable the key on the current device. Open the command prompt (cmd) as administrator and enter slmgr -upk.
Windows 10 should not be activated afterwards.
For the new device, press the Windows key + i and navigate to Update and Security => Activation. There you go to Change Product Key and enter the key.
If that does not work and the Troubleshooting button is present, then choose this one.
There you choose "I have changed the device hardware recently". Then enter the email address and password of your previous Microsoft account. Then you select the device that is currently in use.
For the second variant, of course, a Microsoft account must exist. So that should not be disconnected or if there's already none, you should connect his local account with a Microsoft account.
