Will my Windows 10 digital license work on another laptop?

[j.snyder7485]

I recently bought a used laptop that came with a clean install of windows 10. The laptop came with a hdd though, and I want to swap that with an SSD I already have. I can see under update and security that Windows 10 is activated with a digital license, and it looks like I can link my microsoft account and then link the digital license to the account. (Please let me know if that's not correct) It says though that the license can be used to activate Windows 10 on "this device". The laptop I recently bought was really just a cheap emergency option to replace a broken laptop. I'll want to upgrade in a couple months. Will the digital license not work on another laptop?

 

[USAFRet]

I recently bought a used laptop that came with a clean install of windows 10. The laptop came with a hdd though, and I want to swap that with an SSD I already have. I can see under update and security that Windows 10 is activated with a digital license, and it looks like I can link my microsoft account and then link the digital license to the account. (Please let me know if that's not correct) It says though that the license can be used to activate Windows 10 on "this device". The laptop I recently bought was really just a cheap emergency option to replace a broken laptop. I'll want to upgrade in a couple months. Will the digital license not work on another laptop?

Probably not.

And a new laptop should come with its own OS license anyway.