I currently have a laptop that runs windows 10. Now i want to buy a pc. Do I have to buy windows 10 again?
My thought: If I change the memory of my laptop, I don't have to buy windows again, I can "copy" it. And I could use the memory of my pc as a laptop memory and then build it back into the pc.
Please what do you want
Do you want to buy Windows? Why should you And not every SSD / HDD fits into every PC / laptop…
Windows license:
Not a bad thought, but useless. Because the Windows 10 product key is tied to your current hardware (your laptop). If you are not using a Microsoft account as a Windows account, you can forget about this, as Windows immediately notices that the hardware base of your PC is completely different and therefore has a different hardware ID.
Accordingly, you would have to purchase a separate product key for your PC or you would have to check whether you still have an old Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 product key that you can use for activation.
What you mean by this:
"And I could use the memory of my pc as laptop memory and then build it back into the pc."
No idea. Somehow I don't understand the meaning of this statement: /
Create a Microsoft user account - if you haven't already - and link your license to it. Your existing license is then available as a digital authorization and can be used for Windows activation independently of the device.
Install the Windows 10 version on your computer that matches your license. Then sign in with your Microsoft account and go to activation. Notify there of the hardware change and Windows will then be activated.
Alternatively, you can buy another Windows 10 license on the Internet for around 30 euro and save the re-activation procedure. So that's entirely up to you. I myself would rather prefer a new license. But each his own.
Not a bad thought, but useless. Because the Windows 10 product key is tied to your current hardware (your laptop).
According to the decision of the BGH on July 6, 2000, it is not legal in Germany to be bound to the hardware. The only exceptions to this are licenses that are linked to a terminal device by a certificate of authenticity.
With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft also introduced digital authorizations. In other words, product licenses for Windows and Office that are linked to a Microsoft user account. In the end, the hardware does not play a role.
Log on to the new device with your own user account, report the hardware change under Activation and Windows is then activated with a new hardware ID. This can actually be repeated as often as you like later.
Funny, because when I swapped my motherboard, my previously used license was literally deactivated…
This is also correct because the hardware ID no longer matches the original hardware. Re-activation is therefore necessary. The easiest way to do this is actually through digital authorization.
But I guess a shop like MS… They don't care.
No, Microsoft doesn't care either.
Vlt. Did I just not deactivate my license via slmgr (cmd) beforehand.
That may well be possible. I myself own a dozen Windows Retail and OEM licenses, all of which have moved to new hardware several times. Completely problem-free and without grumbling.
Only with older licenses (Windows XP, Vista and 7) do I now have to use activation by telephone. On Windows 10, however, it runs relatively smoothly and has not had any problems to date.
"Unless you are using a Microsoft account as a Windows account…"
Works without it, just in a different way.
