Windows 10: can I buy widows 10 and use the product key to activate windows on a different desktop PC...

I have a new pc, windows is downloaded onto my PC but it isn't activated.I bought the PC through a custom build company. I am in an apartment and cant get and ethernet cord to activate windows 10. I bought a wireless wifi usb adapter,no compromise to this, there is no ethernet. cord.But when I try to install the software to activate itwireless wifi adapter through an external disk, I can't open the zip folder because windows 10 isn't installed Can't even view disk contents.The external disk is the correct formats.It reads but won't open. The only thing on the disk is the software to down

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Windows 10 product keys and activation - and the KMS angle

Changing the product key to the generic Windows 10 product key will reset activation to the standard retail channel for activation. It might just activate (if there was a previous digital license for Windows 10 for that computer established with Microsoft). Once Windows 10 is back on the retail activation channel, then more than likely changing the product key to the Windows 8 product key using the same method may work.

 

Different Product Keys

Hi Ikkena

The product key that Powershell command returned is the correct product key

However, you will never need it, Windows 10 licencing is totally different to previous versions of Windows. When you initially activated Windows on your PC a unique identifier for your PC was generated form your hardware and that is stored on the Microsoft
Activation Servers in the form of a digital entitlement for your PC to run Windows 10.

If you check your Activation (Settings - Update and Security - Activation) you will see that Windows 10 is activated with a digital licence

Should you ever need to re-install Windows 10 in the future, since you previously had Windows 10 installed and activated on that PC during the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 10
on this PC', and activation will not be an issue, your PC will have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers

 

Windows 10 Prod key shows different

I have installed windows 10 pro on newly installed pc, I purchased a key while back i used an app called prodkey to find what the prod key is so i could use the same key for new pc. however when i activate with key that i bought Prod key reports it as a different key all together *Confused I guess im little confused on this as well with how it handles License keys like it is activated but not - lot different than Win7. Does windows 10 actually require a key after a fresh install, the step where it asks to put in product key I skipped that step as i would do it later but when i go to System in control panel it says Windows is activated huh? so i selected change product key and put in the key i purchased not sure why the app prod key shows a totally different prod key from C:\windows.