Windows 10: Trying to transfer license from a broken laptop to a new one

Hi,a couple of days ago I purchased a new laptop and a Win 10 license. I installed the Win 10 on this laptop,but it turned out that the laptop has HW related issues, so I returned it to the store, where I got back my money.So, I bought another laptop, and I would like to use the previously purchased Win 10 license on it,but I keep getting the error message "The license key is already used on an other computer", or something like this.Of course, before I returned the broken laptop I "deactivated" the Win 10 on itusing the following instructions:https://www.windowscentral.com/how-transfer-window

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Windows 10 license transfer

Thanks Andre.

i bought the license. My laptop was originally loaded with win 7 and was upgraded free couple of months.

in this case, if i understand you correctly, i can transfer with below steps. Right.?

let me buy my new laptop and try below.

and to my question do you have an update.

does OS upgrades if my activation key is changed.

thanks

sai

 

Is there a tutorial on transfer license to a new machine? :Eula 4b.


Thanks, Shawn, if you need to replace a dying laptop (broken screen, broken hinges, dead touchpad and faulty keyboard) with a desktop then the license activation troubleshooter does not recognise the laptop's MSA linked digital license as being the right "type" for transfer to a desktop replacement:

The EULA does not state a prerequisite device to device "type" for the transfer, and neither does the EULA state that a Microsoft Account is a prerequisite for the ability to transfer under the terms of 4b.

Solved it, possibly not in the most elegant way 10th August 2016.

Took the old disk (40GB IDE!) from the old laptop that had the original clean Windows 7 image restored to it, and installed it in the new desktop. Booted into Windows 7 on that disk, and it reported genuine. Then I let it update drivers, created genuine ticket using GatherOSState.exe from 1511 install disk copied to desktop. Created new Windows 10 partition of 20GB and clean installed 1511x86 onto it. Installed GenuineTicket.xml. Logged in with MSA. Did some upgrades and rebooted a couple of times. Checked activation - activated with a digital license (did not say linked to MS Account, strangely).

Shut down, swapped out old disk, and replaced with disk that had 1607 clean installed on new machine on 9 August, set up as Insider, Fast ring with MSA, not activated yet.

Booted up and the 1607 is activated with a digital license linked to my Microsoft account.

So long Travelmate after 10 years. It was the final straw when I could not upgrade from 10586 with Windows Updates.

 

How can I transfer my Windows 10 Digital License from broken laptop to new Laptop ?

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