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Discus and support Reinstalling windows with digital licence linked to account then signing in with different... in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; 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... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/MilesL_, Aug 5, 2020.

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    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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  2. cereberus Win User

    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.
     
    cereberus, Aug 5, 2020
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  3. cereberus Win User
    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.
     
    cereberus, Aug 5, 2020
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    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
     
    UsmanGhani2, Aug 5, 2020
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