Windows 10: win 10 COAs & registration etc

Discus and support win 10 COAs & registration etc in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; I have the same issue- want to be able to dual boot until certain the Windows 10 issues can be managed with our care-about apps. It's unfortunate... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by robmar0se, Jul 29, 2015.

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  1. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User

    win 10 COAs & registration etc


    Microsoft has *ALWAYS* considered installing the software to be an instance. Even if you are not running them at the same time, they are two installations, and that requires two licenses. This is spelled out very clearly in the EULA.

    The key is to read what the definition of a "device" is.

    So installing the software on two partitions is considered to be two "devices"
     
    Mystere, Jul 30, 2015
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  2. WINDOWZ10
    Windowz10 Win User

    Perhaps. However I wasnt really commenting on the wording.

    For the record, 2 drives with 2 instances of the same OS (different service packs) and same key works fine when dual booting an pre-Win10 OS.

    Not to mention that this is exactly what raid 1 does too. Any if one of 1 redundant drives dies you can still boot from the other without activation issues and be able to run windows update.
     
    Windowz10, Jul 30, 2015
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  3. ROBMAR0SE
    robmar0se Win User
    Mystere here is the reference from MS

    I guess I have answered my own question - however Microsoft's solution is very untidy - time will tell if it will actually work. Other simpler solutions come to mind, but MS rarely uses common sense. Lets hope, MS thinks this one through.
     
    robmar0se, Jul 30, 2015
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  4. ROBMAR0SE
    robmar0se Win User

    win 10 COAs & registration etc

    Just custom re-installed win10; it requests and accepts the "generic" key retrieved via magic jellybean - so it seems your assertion may not be correct. Installation was successful.
     
    robmar0se, Apr 5, 2018
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