Windows 10: Transfer Windows 10/11 Pro digital license from old, dead laptop to new one.

Hi all! I'm trying to find a way to retrieve my Windows 10/11 Pro license, bought from Microsoft Store, from my previous laptop that completely died some days ago. No matter what I do, it won't turn on.I bought a new Surface Laptop 5 yesterday, but I'm trying to find a way to disassociate that pro license from my dead laptop and put it in my new one.I already removed the dead one from my devices on my account.Any advice? Thank you very much

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Windows 10 Pro digital license transfer

Hi,

I'm trying to transfer my windows 10 pro license to a new pc but it won't work. I've read about every help pages there is on this topic, but none solved my issue, so here I am.

Here's the situation : I just bought a new laptop and I'm trying to transfer my windows 10 pro license from my old laptop to the new one.

The old laptop originally came with Windows 10 Home OEM, which I upgraded to Pro using the Microsoft Store Upgrade earlier this year. I've now gone through the steps of linking my Microsoft Account one my old laptop so that I get the "Windows is activated
with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account" message with my Windows 10 Pro license and I made sure my device appears on my Microsoft account.

On my new laptop, I connected my Microsoft account, but the license shows as Windows 10 Home. I then ran the "slmgr /upk" command to uninstall the license from the old laptop and I also removed the old laptop from my Microsoft account. Still, if I try the
Activation troubleshoot on the new laptop, it always stays on the Windows 10 Home license.

I'm out of ideas, every article I read about transferring a retail Windows 10 Pro digital license said that it was as easy as linking the license to my Microsoft account and then connecting that account on the new PC, but that doesn't work.

Basically, I want my old laptop to revert to its original Windows 10 Home OEM license and I want to upgrade my new laptop from Windows 10 Home to Pro using my digital license bought on the Microsoft Store.

Anybody here knows how to fix this mess?

Thanks

 

Transferring Windows 10 pro digital license to new system with windows 10 home

Hey Everyone

I was using an old laptop of mine which has a retail license of Windows 10 Pro on it and it is activated and the digital license is linked to my Microsoft account.

I have recently bought a new Microsoft surface Laptop which has a OEM Windows 10 Home on it and as soon as I opened the laptop for the first time and tried to sign in. Now it shows that my windows is activated with Windows 10 Home and digital license linked
to my account.

Now I have 2 laptops with both windows 10 home and pro and their digital licenses linked to my Microsoft account. I wanted to transfer my Windows 10 pro license from my old system to my new laptop as I have its digital license linked to my account. But I am
unable to as I have a digital license of the Home version (OEM) activated on my new Laptop.

Are there any steps that I can follow in order to transfer my Windows 10 Pro ?? I have verified that it is a retail license.

Can someone please assist regarding this ??

Thanks !!

 

How to use the digital license of Windows 10 PRO from old laptop onto a new laptop.

Hello, I had purchased a laptop with Windows 7 os as the OEM OS. 3 years back, I purchased Windows 10 PRO from Microsoft store and installed. This was a digital license as I used my Microsoft account. Now, I have purchased a new laptop. This laptop has Windows 10 HOME edition as the OEM OS. Now, I would like to install Windows 10 PRO by using the old digital license on my old laptop that I purchased 3 years back onto this new laptop. But unfortunately, it is not allowing. When I go to Microsoft store, it is asking me to "Buy" a new license !!. I have a coupe of questions:

1) Is it not allowed by Microsoft to transfer a digital license from an old laptop to a new laptop?

2) If there is no such restriction, how do I install Windows 10 PRO with my old digital license?

I called up Microsoft support (India). Three support engineers tried their best to transfer it but they were unsuccessful.

Thanks in advance for any help/hints.