Hello, all,
I recently purchased two old HP desktops that have Windows 10 on them (I believe Pro). The person I'm repurposing them for is purely Linux and told me I can keep the Windows keys as he won't ever need them.
I obtained no paperwork or boxes to indicate my Win 10 key. The machines are 100% verified and activated (not sure if they're reformatted but I'll refresh Windows 10 back to fresh / default later on). So since the new users aren't gonna want the Win 10 key can I pull them and repurpose them on some of my other machines that can get that version of Windows installed and activated with those legit keys? And if so, how do I go about getting them? Also do I need to unregister the keys inside of each of Win 10 machines and then repurpose the keys on another machine? Or is this a bust and Win 10 keys are locked to the hardware?
Any and all info is appreciated! Thanks!
I recently purchased two old HP desktops that have Windows 10 on them (I believe Pro). The person I'm repurposing them for is purely Linux and told me I can keep the Windows keys as he won't ever need them.
I obtained no paperwork or boxes to indicate my Win 10 key. The machines are 100% verified and activated (not sure if they're reformatted but I'll refresh Windows 10 back to fresh / default later on). So since the new users aren't gonna want the Win 10 key can I pull them and repurpose them on some of my other machines that can get that version of Windows installed and activated with those legit keys? And if so, how do I go about getting them? Also do I need to unregister the keys inside of each of Win 10 machines and then repurpose the keys on another machine? Or is this a bust and Win 10 keys are locked to the hardware?
Any and all info is appreciated! Thanks!