Windows 10: Transfer digital license key from old PC to new

Hi,I have bought a new PC and on my old PC when I check the license status it says "Activated using a digital license" it is a windows 11 Home edition. I have installed home on my new PC and logged in with my microsoft account and now I can see both PCs in linked devices. I tried removing my old device by unlinking it. But it's still not activated on my new PC. It says Error code: 0x800704CF. I tried Troubleshoot and it says "we weren't able to activate windows on this device". Can you help me deactivate or remove the license from my old PC so I can use it on my new PC instead?

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Transfer digital license from old PC to New one.

You would have to first ensure the Digital License is linked to your Microsoft Account. See instructions how to do that. You can then use the Troubleshooter on the new computer after installing Windows 10 to restore the license.

• Use a Digital
  License to Manage and Activate Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Please note, if your license was upgraded from a OEM preinstalled Windows 7 or Windows 7 license, it is not transferable.

See:

• How to Transfer your Windows 10 License to a New Computer

 

Digital License after transfer license to new computer

Uninstalling a product key does not deactivate the license, there is actually no deactivation method. You would still need to contact support to actually invalidate the license on the old machine, so it can reactivate on the new machine.

Transferring the license is a step by step process.

First, you either remove the license from the machine by formatting it.

Install it on the new machine.

Contact chat support, then reactivate.

Where Digital license is handy is when you are still using the machine and reinstall Windows 10 and need to reactivate the license after a significant hardware change, such as a hard disk.

Learn more:

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/transfer-window...

 

transfer digital license

a windows site suggests de-activating a device to transfer the -license' / key - to a new device. Is this true and possible in the case of --transfer digital license-- ???