Windows 10: Reinstalling windows with digital licence linked to account then signing in with different...

I want to reinstall windows but sign in with a different microsoft account however in windows settings it says my windows digital license is linked with my Microsoft account as I bought this laptop which came with windows 10. If I reinstall windows and sign in with a different account will my windows be activated?

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Linking digital licences to MS Account.

Yeah - that coiuld be the case, but when I was testing with vms, it only ever showed devices that were in your devices.


I worked out a workaround ie. use a different MS account for each licence - maybe not needed, but I can see same device with different OS now as a result.

 

Linking digital licences to MS Account.


We all now that we can link the digital licence now to our MS account, using Redstone.

However, I have just discovered something slightly disconcerting.

I have 14393.5 Home, upgraded from retail 8.1 on my PC, and it was registered as a device on my MS account, and shows as being linked to my MS account.

I have since installed 10586.494 10 Pro N, as an upgrade from retail 8.1 Pro N key on my PC as a dual boot option. This has new registered as a device on my MS account. This shows as activated ok.

Now here's the thing - the 14393.5 Home install no longer shows a device in my MS account. I am sure the digital licences are ok (easy to test by installing another copy temporarily in a vhd), but it seems you can only see the last digital licence that was linked.

So I am struggling to see how you could reactivate both digital licences e.g. if mobo failed if you can only see one of them.

 

What is meant by term "digital licence linked to your account" ?

I just want to know that if i have digital licence linked to my account than windows 10 will activated on my any PC when I sign in with my Microsoft account linked with digital licence on that PC