I ordered PC parts yesterday because I give my laptop to a family member. Now I have a question regarding the Windows 10 key.
Currently I have Windows 10 Pro installed, is then activated on the new PC and Windows 10 Pro automatically? Since the key is supposed to be bound to an account or is it automatically activated on the laptop when I reinstall Windows 10 because of the UEFI, as it should be backed up.
I've got a Windows 10 Home license flying around here, which was also first on the laptop.
So I need a new key for the new PC?
If not, can I activate the Home Key on the laptop again?
You can take both keys.
A key is only allowed for one device. The Home License is also only for the Home Version for Pro you also need a Pro License.
If the old device is no longer used, you may use the key for another device.
This works with the activation, if one logs on to his account.
To put it another way: The Home Key is discarded, so no longer in use on any PC. The Pro-Key is currently enabled on the laptop. The home key I have to activate again on the laptop.
So, is the Pro-Key automatically "taken over" on the new PC?
If the laptop is not on the net at the same time as Win10, it will work.
Thanks for the answer!
All is well. Even if it does not work, Rakuten has genuine and legal OEM versions of Win.10 Pro for about 6 euro. I've been buying these for years, above all for my customers, and I'm completely satisfied with them. But those who buy such an OEM version on Rakuten, should take care to take the slightly more expensive OEM version. There are even cheaper, where is not OEM, for less than 3 euro. So you buy such an OEM version. If you then pay online through online banking, credit cards or Paypal and they have the money, then you will receive the key by e-mail within the next 6 hours. Because who changes his motherboard and hard drive, it can happen that Windows can't be activated so easily. At least not if you had an OEM version on it already. In a retail version, I'm not sure, but since I can imagine that this still works later.
