When I am under Linux and use VMware Workstation to boot that hard drive inside a VM Windows reports it's not activated and then begins the lovely ritual of going to sleep every hour along with watermarks and push notifications. When booted physically, the digital license (bought from the Microsoft store) auths with Microsoft and my version of Windows is active. I have a second hard drive on my System76 Linux machine, dedicated to dual-booting Windows (to access the GPU directly for CAD). How to link your Windows 10 product key to a Microsoft account. You can now use the product key from Windows 7/8/8.1 that was previously used to activate Windows on this same device,īy going to Settings > Update & security > Activation and selecting Change Product Key, and you can do this even for a clean install of Windows 10. This way you may reactivate Windows by using the Activation troubleshooter if you make a hardware change later, such as replacing the motherboard, just by logging into your Microsoft account. However, you may link your Microsoft account to that license on your device. Instead, the PC gets registered on Microsoft activation servers with a digital license (formerly called digital entitlement) that will always be used to activate Windows 10 on that PC. If you instead upgraded to Windows 10 from an activated Windows 7/8/8.1, you will not have a product key. If you have mislaid it, you need toĬontact Microsoft with a proof of purchase. If you bought a retail version of Windows 10, you should
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