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Discus and support Hello! Recently transferred my hard drive to a new pc, can't activate Win 10 on new... in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Can anybody help me figure out how to register my old Windows activation key on my new pc? I know that it can be done, but I"m apparently missing... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by JBanks1, Apr 21, 2020.

  1. JBanks1 Win User

    Hello! Recently transferred my hard drive to a new pc, can't activate Win 10 on new...


    Can anybody help me figure out how to register my old Windows activation key on my new pc? I know that it can be done, but I"m apparently missing something somewhere.


    Thanks!

    :)
     
    JBanks1, Apr 21, 2020
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  2. PKJ
    pkj Win User

    Transfer a Windows 10 license to a new PC

    I have purchased a new PC and I would like to transfer Windows license from my old PC to the new one. I am using Windows 10 (which was upgraded from Win 8.1) on my older computer and is activated with a licence linked to my Microsoft account. On my new PC, I have installed fresh copy of Win 10 using Media Creation Tool. To activate Windows on the new PC, I attempted the following, but have not deactivated Windows on the old PC (deactivation procedure described here)-

    Settings > Update & Security > Activation> Troubleshoot> I changed hardware on this device recently> Logged into my connected Microsoft account > This is the device I’m using right now > Activate.

    After performing the above, I am unable to activate Windows on my new PC. Please help me with the following-

    1. Do I need to deactivate windows on older PC first?
    2. Does Microsoft entitle users to transfer licenses to new PC?
    3. Is there anything else which I have missed out?

    If this helps- slmgr -dli gives the following


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  3. Transfer Win 10 license to a new PC

    Hello,

    I bought a new PC and read that I can transfer my Windows 10 license to it and I have a few questions.

    #1

    Few years ago I used Win 7 Pro license to install my two PC's.

    When FREE update came I upgraded both of them to Windows 10 x64 PRO.

    Yesterday I assembled a new PC which will replace one of them and I want to transfer the license to it from the one it is replacing.

    The question is if I transfer the activation license will I lose the activation on the second PC or not?

    #2

    What are the steps to do the actual license transfer?
     
    Vladimir Jelovac, Apr 21, 2020
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  4. PKJ
    pkj Win User

    Hello! Recently transferred my hard drive to a new pc, can't activate Win 10 on new...

    Transfer a Windows 10 license to a new PC

    The process was rather simple, but I could not find the solution anywhere on the internet. The process detailed on How to transfer a Windows 10 license to a new PC or hard drive did not helped me.

    I contacted windows support and they told me that I can activate Windows 10 on my new PC using the Windows 8.1 key which I used to upgrade to Win 10; this worked for me after deactivating Windows 10 on older PC using slmgr /upk.
     
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