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  1. VICTOR BEJENARU
    Victor Bejenaru Win User

    In case of buying new device with no OS, can I use my microsoft account linked to a digital...


    Hello


    I have a laptop with windows 10 pro activated with a digital license linked to my Microsoft account.


    If I want to buy or build a new device, and after installing windows 10 pro on it, can I use my Microsoft account on this new device in order to activate the Windows?

    :)
     
    Victor Bejenaru, Mar 10, 2021
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  2. MCARDONA81
    MCardona81 Win User

    Link Microsoft Account to Windows 10 Digital License  


    This is what i get on step 2


    In case of buying new device with no OS, can I use my microsoft account linked to a digital... [​IMG]
     
    MCardona81, Mar 10, 2021
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  3. SUPERTRAMP
    supertramp Win User
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    I'm having the same issue.

    But I also have a device named "PC" in the device list now. It's just PC. I guess it appeared after the Anniversary update.

    Before the update, I could see my computer on the MSA device list, even though I've been using local account. But now it appears only if I login to W10 using my Microsoft account. If I switch to local account, it disappears. But the "PC" stays there whether I use MSA or local acc.

    So what's that "PC"? Any ideas?

    It's also not cool that MS forcing people to use MS account to login their PCs. Activated devices were always in the device list even if you use local account before that so called update.
     
    supertramp, Mar 10, 2021
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  4. GUNIU
    guniu Win User

    In case of buying new device with no OS, can I use my microsoft account linked to a digital...

    Link Microsoft Account to Windows 10 Digital License


    Hey, I have a question.
    Do you think the digital license is saved on my MSA after i changed back to my local account?

    What I mean by that:
    I Added MSA to my Windows 10 and it said in Activation tab "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account", and my PC was in device list of my MSA.
    But I don't like the fact that I have to type in password every time I boot up. It's my private PC, I don't need password, I never had. So I switched back to my Local account. But now it's back to "Windows is activated with a digital license" only, and the PC is also gone from the device list on my MSA account.
    Do you think it actually unlinked the license, or maybe because I logged in once, it saved anyway, and I will be good with activating in the future on a changed machine?
     
    guniu, Mar 10, 2021
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