win7 to win10

[avatar1951]

hello

i have encountered a dilemma as to whether when I switch from windows 7 to windows 10, does my windows 7 licence work for windows 10 because my PC is registered under a windows 10 system? In other words can i still use my product key on a new PC




Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

hello

i have encountered a dilemma as to whether when I switch from windows 7 to windows 10, does my windows 7 licence work for windows 10 because my PC is registered under a windows 10 system? In other words can i still use my product key on a new PC

Thanks.

You can Upgrade your current Win 7 to Win 10.
You cannot use that on a new PC.

 

[boju]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

 

[avatar1951]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

but i have the intention to build a new PC with a different motherboard. How will i be able to do it then ?

 

[avatar1951]

hello

i have encountered a dilemma as to whether when I switch from windows 7 to windows 10, does my windows 7 licence work for windows 10 because my PC is registered under a windows 10 system? In other words can i still use my product key on a new PC

Thanks.

You can Upgrade your current Win 7 to Win 10.
You cannot use that on a new PC.

I have currently upgraded to windows 10.

 

[avatar1951]

Also is it possible to get a system image of windows 10 to use the product key with or can i not use the key because i have upgraded from win 7 to win 10?

 

[USAFRet]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

but i have the intention to build a new PC with a different motherboard. How will i be able to do it then ?

A new PC will need its own OS license. Be that Win 7, 8.1, 10, Linux, whatever.

 

[avatar1951]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

but i have the intention to build a new PC with a different motherboard. How will i be able to do it then ?

A new PC will need its own OS license. Be that Win 7, 8.1, 10, Linux, whatever.

but what if i have an existing OS licence?

 

[USAFRet]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

but i have the intention to build a new PC with a different motherboard. How will i be able to do it then ?

A new PC will need its own OS license. Be that Win 7, 8.1, 10, Linux, whatever.

but what if i have an existing OS licence?

And what is this license? Which OS version?
OEM or Retail?

 

[avatar1951]

Your Win7 license becomes Win10, activated online. Win7 product key will become invalid and won't activate a Win7 install after a month of usage Win10. So have a month to decide to stay Win10 or return to Win7.

If you remain Win10 and do a fresh install, the product key section which it asks for during the install you may skip. Microsoft remembers your motherboard which Win7 was upgraded from and will activate online.

but i have the intention to build a new PC with a different motherboard. How will i be able to do it then ?

A new PC will need its own OS license. Be that Win 7, 8.1, 10, Linux, whatever.

but what if i have an existing OS licence?

And what is this license? Which OS version?
OEM or Retail?

it's windows 7 pro and it's OEM. Now i know what is said about the OEM licences but i have seen people using OEM with new PC after retiring a previous PC. I was also told by a local computer store that this product key will work when transferring to a new computer. Is this true? Is that only true using hardrive mirroring software?

 

[boju]

http://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/10588-how-do-i-transfer-windows-retail-license-after-upgrading-windows.html

Have a read here. Use Media creation tool to set yourself up with a Win10 install media. To activate on an upgraded machine, will have to do the same and contact customer support.

 

[boju]

'Sometimes' can get away with it, all depends how nice the person is on the other side of the phone. Internet activation won't work but Parts can die so its all about how nice you and they are

 

[USAFRet]

it's windows 7 pro and it's OEM. Now i know what is said about the OEM licences but i have seen people using OEM with new PC after retiring a previous PC. I was also told by a local computer store that this product key will work when transferring to a new computer. Is this true? Is that only true using hardrive mirroring software?

The only entity that can determine this is Microsoft.

So, to verify...
You have a PC
Originally, Win 7 (OEM).
Upgraded to Win 10.
You wish to use this same Win7/Win10 license on a whole new PC.

Is this correct?

What will you do with the old hardware, that now has no OS?

 

[avatar1951]

it's windows 7 pro and it's OEM. Now i know what is said about the OEM licences but i have seen people using OEM with new PC after retiring a previous PC. I was also told by a local computer store that this product key will work when transferring to a new computer. Is this true? Is that only true using hardrive mirroring software?

The only entity that can determine this is Microsoft.

So, to verify...
You have a PC
Originally, Win 7 (OEM).
Upgraded to Win 10.
You wish to use this same Win7/Win10 license on a whole new PC.

Is this correct?

What will you do with the old hardware, that now has no OS?

First of all does it really matter what i do with my old hardware?
Yes i wish to use the licence on a whole new PC.
but from what i've just read on a different forum OEM can only be used with the machine that is came with.

 

[avatar1951]

'Sometimes' can get away with it, all depends how nice the person is on the other side of the phone. Internet activation won't work but Parts can die so its all about how nice you and they are

thanks for the forum thread is clear all misconceptions i had

 

[boju]

np and also checkout the Win10 stickies here if you go back a bit, theres quite a bit of info there on all of this stuff and more you might be interested in.

 

[avatar1951]

np and also checkout the Win10 stickies here if you go back a bit, theres quite a bit of info there on all of this stuff and more you might be interested in.

sweet thanks.
What do you mean by stickies?

 

[boju]

Topics about Win10 or generally anything highlighted at the very top of forums, not just here but in a lot of other sites of various interest as well, its a common term: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-129.html they're known as stickies as in stuck to the top of forum and wont trickle down due to multiple thread creations

 

[USAFRet]

it's windows 7 pro and it's OEM. Now i know what is said about the OEM licences but i have seen people using OEM with new PC after retiring a previous PC. I was also told by a local computer store that this product key will work when transferring to a new computer. Is this true? Is that only true using hardrive mirroring software?

The only entity that can determine this is Microsoft.

So, to verify...
You have a PC
Originally, Win 7 (OEM).
Upgraded to Win 10.
You wish to use this same Win7/Win10 license on a whole new PC.

Is this correct?

What will you do with the old hardware, that now has no OS?

First of all does it really matter what i do with my old hardware?
Yes i wish to use the licence on a whole new PC.
but from what i've just read on a different forum OEM can only be used with the machine that is came with.

Yes, OEM is tied to its original motherboard.