Windows 10: Building new, Win11 compatiable PC, MS account has digital Win10 licence

Discus and support Building new, Win11 compatiable PC, MS account has digital Win10 licence in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi,I have an existing Windows 10 machine with a Win10 Professional digital licence attached to my MS account. I am building a new Windows 11... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Carl Buckingham, Apr 18, 2023.

  1. CARL BUCKINGHAM
    Carl Buckingham Win User

    Building new, Win11 compatiable PC, MS account has digital Win10 licence


    Hi,I have an existing Windows 10 machine with a Win10 Professional digital licence attached to my MS account. I am building a new Windows 11 compatiable machine, will I be able to create Windows 11 media, use my MS Account and do a fresh install and have it licenced?Thanks,

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    Carl Buckingham, Apr 18, 2023
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  2. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User

    Linking digital licences to MS Account.


    We all now that we can link the digital licence now to our MS account, using Redstone.

    However, I have just discovered something slightly disconcerting.

    I have 14393.5 Home, upgraded from retail 8.1 on my PC, and it was registered as a device on my MS account, and shows as being linked to my MS account.

    I have since installed 10586.494 10 Pro N, as an upgrade from retail 8.1 Pro N key on my PC as a dual boot option. This has new registered as a device on my MS account. This shows as activated ok.

    Now here's the thing - the 14393.5 Home install no longer shows a device in my MS account. I am sure the digital licences are ok (easy to test by installing another copy temporarily in a vhd), but it seems you can only see the last digital licence that was linked.

    So I am struggling to see how you could reactivate both digital licences e.g. if mobo failed if you can only see one of them.
     
    cereberus, Apr 18, 2023
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  3. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User
    Linking digital licences to MS Account.


    Yeah - that coiuld be the case, but when I was testing with vms, it only ever showed devices that were in your devices.


    I worked out a workaround ie. use a different MS account for each licence - maybe not needed, but I can see same device with different OS now as a result.
     
    cereberus, Apr 18, 2023
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  4. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User

    Building new, Win11 compatiable PC, MS account has digital Win10 licence

    Linking digital licences to MS Account.


    You are missing the point - I have two valid digital licences - one for home, and one for pro (retail originals as well) on same PC as dual boot, but it seems you can only link the last one to your MS account i.e. each time you link one, it removes the previous link.

    So if I had a mobo failure, I would only be able to reactivate one of the licences as far as I can tell.
     
    cereberus, Apr 18, 2023
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