Windows 10: Dual boot 8 and 10, will both be licensed?

Thanks! I knew you'd have an answer to my babbling! *Smile

 

Thank you all gentlemen for your input.

 

Quite welcome, Sir.

 

According to the Windows 10 EULA, there is no free trial period. Installing and using it without a legitimate activation violates the EULA from day one. There is no trial grace period.

Also, without activation it does not expire. You get some functions such as personalization that are disabled, and you get nag screens, but it doesn't expire.

Finally, if the computer came with Windows 8 from the factory, there should be a product key for Windows 8 stored in BIOS/UEFI. Windows 10 setup will read that product key and use it to automatically activate Windows 10 on that computer.

 

If pc came with Win 8 bios embedded key, it will as you say activate autmatically. It is actually almost impossible to dual boot Windows 10 on such PCs and comply with EULA.

Even entering a product key does not help any longer (if you wanted to comply with EULA) since FCU things have changed (yet again) as new key is no longer actually installed - you just still just get one digital licence and a same generic key. I do not think you can even enter key for same version if already activated.

So NOW only legal way to comply with EULA since FCU is NOT to dual boot which is absurd. In the end, it is MSs own fault if people do not comply with EULA as the EULA does not properly handle digital licences.

 

Just out of interest,

how is the existing key's presence handled in the modern method to run test set-ups - The Virtual Machine ?

Is the keys presence even visible to what is supposed to be a unique machine
if so what would happen if you tried to run a virtual machine running windows 10 on a Windows 8.1 system with an embedded key?
Will this will all be academic once the "Extended" free upgrade period ends - and MS reverts to expecting payment for it's products?

 

I setup a Hyper V machine with Win10 on Win8.1 OS Host
The V machine stated the activation key was already in use.

In a Dual Boot you are only able to Boot 1 OS
thus you are only booting 1 instance of the Key

What boggles me here, is if MS does not enforce the Agreement from within the MS activation process thru the MS Server.
Why does it matter so much to members here??
Because the way I see it, that is on MS, because the activation process allows it..