Windows 10: Windows 10 PRO OEM to VM Activation

I have an old laptop HP with limited memory not upgradable, slow CPU and not upgradable to Windows 11.I want to move the 'PC' to a Hyper_V vhdx and then reactivate. however I understand that the OEM licence is tied to the laptop. After setting up the VM, can I purchase and use a retail licence to activate the VM. If yes, is there a recommended process of do I just add the key and activate?

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Activation and Re-activation of Windows 10 Pro VM (VirtualBox, OSX Host) not working

I've moved a working and activated Windows 10 Pro VM (VirtualBox) from a Windows 10 Host to an OSX Host. The re-activation of the is not Working (Error Code 0xC004C003). I also moved a Windows 7 Pro VM that reactivate without problems. I tried everything
mentioned in the process to activate. Nothing works or even outputs some useful hint or support contact.

• used another (afaik unused) product key. not working! Same Error Code.
• created a new VM and installed a fresh Windows 10 pro. The new machine can not be activated!

Thus this seems to be a problem within the crappy M$ activation system.

Any useful hint how to activate this M$ crap would be highly appreciated.

 

Windows 10 Pro activation on a VM

If your original PC came with Windows 7 installed, it is an OEM license. Upgrading to Windows 10 Home doesn't change that and documents I found indicate that upgrading to Pro after that still carries the OEM license terms. That means your Windows 10 is
specific to the original machine and is not transferrable to another machine. A VM is another machine, so Windows won't activate. Your digital license is for the original PC.

 

Windows 10 VM activation

Hi,

I am trying to setup two Windows 10 vms for test purposes on Ovirt virtualization cluster. (Windows 10 Pro with MAK key from visual studio (MSDN) subscription).

Activation of the first vm encountered no problem, but activation of the second one failed. I have tried to setup second vm by all available means (by cloning from the first one with or without sysprep, from activated state or from clean installed snapshot,
by installing second vm from scratch, etc.). All are with the same results: The last product key you entered XXXXX can't be used on this copy of Windows (0xC0EA0003).

Is it possible to have several Win 10 vms on the same hypervisor, activated with MAK key?

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.