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    Microsoft Clears Up Activation Options For Windows 10

    Ganron, If you use a good disk image backup tool that allow restore to a different architecture (there are a few such backup tools), and use Belarc Advisor to get the Windows 10 license key, you should be able to just restore the Windows 10 image directly onto the disk of the new system. (I...
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    Microsoft Clears Up Activation Options For Windows 10

    I think you are right on target, and this (I'm afraid to say) is rather different than the Microsoft I am used to (although, there is some bitter history about Windows that is not well known - where it came from). Yes, we grew to know that their first releases of products were pretty bad, but...
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    Microsoft Clears Up Activation Options For Windows 10

    If you have a valid license for the upgrade of XP to 8/8.1, then I think, no matter what the mechanism, that you have enough to get another Win 10 license, without any reference to your Dell 780. But you need a platform to put it on, that will actually run Win 10. (I'm writing this from a Dell...
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    Microsoft Clears Up Activation Options For Windows 10

    The family pack problem is probably a loss, MS made a mistake not following its own rule of one key one computer. I've been upgrading systems to Windows 10 for a couple of weeks now, and here's what I've learned. 1. Always always back up your system (disk image backup) and get a printout of...