Windows 10: New motherboard & Processor

Yeah, the "linked to your Microsoft account" was added to make using the activation troubleshooter easier, but not a requirement for activation with a DL.

I think your new device replaced the old device because the Device Name (computer name) went along for the ride with the SSD. On a clean install you get a auto generated Device Name and I haven't found any way to overriding that during setup. Not with just the stock install, no answers file etc. I always end up going in after and changing it to what I want. Sometimes I see both names in my "My Devices" list. The old auto generated name and the one I set. I end up deleting the leftover. Microsoft seem to have cleaned that up as it hasn't happened in a while now. There also used to be a long delay, days sometimes, before the Device Name would catch up with what I changed it too. Anyway, interesting times.

 

Successfully transferred my Bought Microsoft Pro Pack license from old system to new one recently after clean install, ended up using Microsoft chat support though as Activation trouble shooter didn't wanna work, even though license was attached to my Microsoft account. Transferred over also old SSD, didn't trust the sysprep option, so decided to do a full clean install, and system is running great now.

 

My point being that an MSA is required to transfer the licence. An existing DL will be picked up if the HWID matches irrespective.

So, what happens when one has multiple (for augments sake , say Pro PC's with different DL's but linked to same MSA) and a the Transfer Wiz finds the current device OK... does it then ask which existing licence to transfer?

 

The last time I tried that, each PC in your MSA is differentiated by the Computer Name, as I recall.

 

I haven't transferred a DL, as far as I know, not on purpose. My devices are listed by Computer Name.

Right now its out of date? My laptop shows as running 10 Pro but its actually running Education. I think its that way because I'm currently logged in with a local account on that PC. Education won't let you setup/install with a Microsoft Account. It wants an Azure or Office 365 account and rejects my Microsoft Account info. That forces me to log in with an offline local account then switch to a Microsoft account. I haven't done that yet. It looks like it remembering the last OS installed on that device that was linked to a Microsoft ID.

 

Forgot to mention, that laptop that has Education installed. Already had a DL for Education, and has been linked to my Microsoft Account in the past. I did a skip key when I did the install and it activated automatically with the DL on the activation server.

I have two desktop PC's and one Laptop, each one has DL's for Home, Pro, Education and Enterprise. The only one that shows in my devices list is the currently installed OS that is currently linked to my MSA.

 

Thanx guys for the feedback. *092

 

No problem Superfly. You guys might be interested in this, https://www.tenforums.com/software-a...ml#post1151702 It seems like they may be linking Office installs activation to your Microsoft account too?

 

Sorry for hijacking this thread ...but I really don't get it.. I activated with a Pro OEM key but getting DL.

 

OEM Embedded Windows 10 key? I do believe I saw a similar post here some time back? As near as I can tell, the only installs that don't get a DL are Pro and Enterprise installs that use a Volume License key. Everything else including OEM installs get a DL.