I'm not sure that's exactly true.OEM license is attached to MB but that license can't be transferred so it would be useless to new owner.
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Yeah but isn't it attached to the motherboard?Windows license comes only with complete PCs, not with parts.
OEM license is attached to MB but that license can't be transferred so it would be useless to new owner. Look up at Amazon or places like this https://www.bcdkey.com/windows-10-professional-retail-key.html for cheap.Yeah but isn't it attached to the motherboard?
So if someone bought a prebuilt computer, then pulled out the motherboard to sell it, wouldn't the license still be attached?
I'm not sure that's exactly true.OEM license is attached to MB but that license can't be transferred so it would be useless to new owner.
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True enough...just not associated to a person but the device (motherboard). So the license can go with the device when transferred.Linked to a personal MS account or not, W10 is registered at MS servers.
this works by allowing the original user with a digital license to remove a certain device and add a different one.I think, though, there's a way to de-link the motherboard (device, in the parlance of my Microsoft account) from the original owner's account.
It might be true with a retail license but not an OEM license. An OEM license is valid only for the original device (motherboard for PC's, it seems) it was activated on.this works by allowing the original user with a digital license to remove a certain device and add a different one.
if you have a digital license tied to your system and want to upgrade the motherboard, this allows you to accomplish that and keep your original license with the new motherboard.
so the original motherboard would not have any license attached to it anymore.
if the original owner linked that license to a Microsoft account, converting it to a digital license. I think, though, there's a way to de-link the motherboard (device, in the parlance of my Microsoft account) from the original owner's account.
this works by allowing the original user with a digital license to remove a certain device and add a different one.
if you have a digital license tied to your system and want to upgrade the motherboard, this allows you to accomplish that and keep your original license with the new motherboard.
so the original motherboard would not have any license attached to it anymore.
you were mentioning a digital license ties to a user's MS account.It might be true with a retail license, but not an OEM license. An OEM license is valid only for the original device (motherboard for PC's, it seems) it was activated on.
Yeah...that's where it get's strange. Insofar as I know the 'digital license' only exists once it (the device/motherboard) is linked to a Microsoft account and so is never transferrable. Except, of course, should you give a person full access to your Microsoft account I suppose....
an OEM license wouldn't be digitally linked to an MS account.
so there would be no way to remove it from your MS account.
so that would have nothing to do with my response.
He's not looking for just the OS, but rather the motherboard as well.I think it's pretty obvious the Windows version will be the same as the original key/license; so if Home, it installs/activates Home not Pro for instance. So attaining clarity on that when transferring should be the only issue.
But motherboard type is pretty obvious: only the very exact same motherboard with which originally activated so there's exactly zero room for variability.
I've never had an activation question arise when changing any other parts, to include CPU, memory, drives, whatever. So it might be MS used to key on parts changes a long time ago, apparently no longer
What could useage possibly have to do with it? When activated it's a perfectly blank OS: only when I install my first game does it "know" I'm using it as a gaming computer, or installing Blender to "know" I'm using it for rendering images.
True enough, if the answer is referring to the hardware itself then it has to be appropriate for OP's intended use and therefore a separate consideration.He's not looking for just the OS, but rather the motherboard as well.
And an "OEM" license, you can't transfer that to other hardware.
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And that "OEM" would be tied to that motherboard. Not transferable to different hardware.But it IS possible to get a used motherboard which comes with the OEM license they used for activating Windows with it. It does require the reseller to correctly prepare for the transfer though. That's all I'm maintaining.
Exactly...and as I have stated previously: "An OEM license is valid only for the original device (motherboard for PC's, it seems) it was activated on. "And that "OEM" would be tied to that motherboard. Not transferable to different hardware.
Would be nice if the OP came back with some more info.Exactly...and as I have stated previously: "An OEM license is valid only for the original device (motherboard for PC's, it seems) it was activated on. "