Windows 10: Transfer a retail W10 Pro product key to a new PC.

Purchased retail W10 Pro in April. Installed in a VM in Hyper-V for screenshots. Disabled the VM. Now want to upgrade a new W10 Home PC. product key "didn't work."

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Transfer W10 Pro To New PC?

Don't be so sure. Mine says 'Retail' too. But it always says that if the installed key is the generic Pro key ending in 3V66T. What did it say your key was?

My machine originally had an OEM install of Windows 7, which was then upgraded to Windows 10 and got its digital licence. It was the upgrade that dropped the OEM W7 Pro key and replaced it with the generic W10 Pro key. Strictly speaking, as this digital licence was derived from an OEM key, then it it still not transferable.





Anyway, in order to transfer a Retail licence, you need to have a full Retail key to install on the new machine - which you won't have if it's the generic one that's currently installed of you old machine..

 

Transfer W10 Pro To New PC?

My key ends with: 9766T

 

Transfer Win10 HOME Key (retail) to another PC after upgrading to PRO (retail)

As the subject line states...

I have 2 PCs. One with a HOME (retail) key and one with no key but is an older PC ... let say it currently has no OS. I want to upgrade this newer PC from HOME (retail) to PRO (retail). I have already retrieved the HOME key and saved into a text file. From
my understanding, I go into System -> Change key and can put in the new PRO (retail) key to upgrade from HOME to PRO.

Once I do that... can I now use the HOME (retail) key on the older PC? Again... I keep stressing (retail) in this email because I fully understand that OEM keys / upgrades are retained for the PC they came installed on and are not transferable. However,
both my HOME and PRO version are retail keys.

If the answer is YES ... please don't just say YES. Please provide the steps necessary to transfer the HOME key so I don't lose it accidentally.

Thanks.