Just curious if anyone has experience moving a non-OEM Windows installation to another computer. This was originally a Windows 8.1 Pro license purchased directly from Microsoft. Then upgraded to ...

If you have a Windows 11/10 computer with a valid license key but want to install the same license on another Windows 11/10 machine, you can do so with the help of this tutorial. It is possible to ...

When you transfer Windows to a different computer, you must also transfer the license in order to activate the new installation. Microsoft generally allows the transfer of a regular Windows license as ...

When Windows comes preinstalled on a computer, it has a license designated for Original Equipment Manufacturers. This OEM license only works to run Windows on the computer it came with, determined by ...

If you are looking to make a new rig for yourself or are planning to upgrade your laptop, you might want to move your Windows 10 (licensed version) to your new machine to retain access to a genuine ...

Microsoft seems to have an every-other-version curse. We’re not sure how much of this is confirmation bias, but consider the track record of releases. Windows 95 was game-changing, Windows 98 famously ...

When you buy a copy of Windows 11/10, you get a product key. This key is used to activate Windows on your computer. It’s a 25-character product key, and it’s important that you keep it noted somewhere ...

A product key is a sequence of alphanumeric characters used to certify if the copy of a program or software is genuine. For example, Microsoft uses a 25-character alphanumeric key to identify the ...

When I bought my computer, it came with a win10 OEM license. With the upcoming end of win10, I'll switch to linux mint. I was wondering if I could run win10 in a VM on linux with this oem license. To ...