Windows 10: Windows 10 Pro Transfer to new machine/owner

Hello,
I have Windows 10 Pro Retail (Upgraded from Win 7 Pro Retail) currently installed in desktop I wish to sell.
The issue is that the buyer is not interested in purchasing the OS so I will be removing the SSD it is currently installed on.

What is the best way to transfer my ownership of the OS? Windows 10 does not appear to have a serial key as was the case with Win 7?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Angelos

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Moving bosses system into another machine.

Is the license transferred from the old machine a retail Windows 10 license?

Also, did you change the machine name after restoring the image so it would not be confused on the network?

Are both machines running the same edition (Pro/Pro or Home/Home)? If the editions do not correspond, then this can result in licensing issues. Learn more:

How to Transfer your Windows 10 License to a New Computer

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

 

Transferring Windows licenses / editions between laptops

Well, we don't know if the license on the old laptop is OEM or Retail, so it might have transfer rights.

Even if this is the case, the license on the new laptop is an OEM license, which prevents you swapping with the other machine. If the Windows 10 Pro was upgraded from a retail Windows 8.1 Pro, you would have to remove the license completely from that machine,
then use the Windows 8.1 Pro license to activate Windows 10 Pro on the new laptop.

Learn more:

How to Transfer your Windows 10 License to a New Computer

 

Digital entitlement assumes the upgrade key's EULA - The generic Win10 key being retail is a mere convenience.

Retail remains retail (transferable)
OEM remains OEM (non-transferable)

PS: That means you can pop your SSD into a new machine and activate it with Win 7 Retail.

 

This raises an interesting question.

The Seller certainly complies with EULA if he reinstalls 10 on a new pc, and activates it using a 7 retail key, if he removes ssd from old pc. The EULA just states you have to remove windows 10 from old pc, nothing about deactivation etc.

However, if buyer of old pc was later to put a blank drive in and clean install windows 10, it would probably activate due to the previous digital entitlement, as far as I can see. I am not suggesting new buyer is necessarily attempting to do anything illegal e.g. he could be just be trying windows 10 on a trial basis, and is surprised when it activates.

Common sense dictates that this cannot be correct, but how can this be prevented unless MS can detect this (perhaps they can?) and automatically deactivate, or provide a mechanism so user can formally deactivate, the original digital entitlement?

 

It is an interesting question - I think digital entitlement is still a grey area that may need a separate EULA

A method (like MSA activations) where the sold PC is removed from your devices and subsequently deactivated may help as well.

 

Thanks for the answers.
Some interesting scenarios here but I guess this is not all too common and shouldn't affect MS in any material way.