How to USE Windows Licence on Another PC

How to USE Windows Licence on Another PC
Looking to transfer your windows licence to another PC, I will show you how.

REATAIL Licence

OEM Licence

1. Retail licence allows you to transfer the licence from one pc to another

2. Retail licence will allow you to upgrade from Windows 10/11 Home to Pro without reinstalling Windows, but with OEM you can't

3. OEM is tired to the computer and it can only be activated on an installed windows. You can reinstall Windows and retain your activation for than PC and only that PC

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[journeyon]

Hey Brian. I was on another Youtube channel in which the guy said you can use any Windows 10 Pro key to upgrade your Windows 11 Home to Pro. This idea actually works. So many prebuilt OS's come more with Windows 11 Home that they do with Pro version. All you do is enter the Windows 10 Pro key into the Windows 11 Home Product Key & Activation window, wait a minute or so then it starts downloading all the Pro modules. When done and after rebooting, you should now have Windows 11 Pro without spending a penny, providing you already have a Windows 10 Pro key to use. Try it for yourself. You'll be surprised.

[JoshuaMattingly]

Great information for using your Window's license on another computer. Thank you, Brian. Just wanted to add that there's a handy workaround way to go from OEM to PRO without having to do a fresh install.

1). Use your generic OEM key first, then change to your OEM Windows 10 Pro key.
2). Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro using the following default product key:
VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T
3). After entering this key, you will receive an error message, and then you can restart your computer. (This is just a process to upgrade your Win 10 Home system to Win 10 Pro.)
4). Change the product key to your PRO key.
5). Activate it.

[Gravitight]

Excellent info, this is a proper vid
info at the start - guide at 3:50
what sucks is that my retail windows 8.1 key was used for windows 10.
when i try this on my windows 11 it tells me *no*
i tried. now i gotta do some other stuff
thanks for the proper vid.

[eddyvideostar]

Dear Britc 09: Good video. I plan to change my PC's hard drive. Do I deactivate the old one and activate it on the new hard drive? Procedure?

[alanrain]

First thing: I'm not a techie person, so can't explain this, but what I did seems to run counter to what should have happened. My Windows 11 OEM laptop died last month, but I had the M.2 ssd removed and enclosed because I needed to save my files. Now, I have a pc that runs Ubuntu, and I need it to run Windows 11. I tried, as an experiment, booting it from the enclosed M.2 ssd, fully expecting it not to work because of different hardware. Wrong. It worked, and I was able to run my old Win 11 on the pc. No complaints from MS about the hardware change or the key.
As I said, I don't understand why it worked, but I'm happy about it.

[BravoSixGoingDark]

One more step you miss out in this video, you need to login to Microsoft Account online and Delink the License from existing PC. Make sure the key is not tied to your existing PC.

[milinddeval]

Hi Brian, I have a old laptop running with Retail Windows 10 Pro key (it's not upgradable to Windows 11 due to age old hardware). Can I use the same Windows Retail key on my brand new Laptop to upgrade it from pre-installed Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro edition and then run these 2 (Windows 10 and Windows 11) system simultaneously? Appreciate your reply.

[ronwatkins]

If you run a virtual machine on the Windows PC, does the VM use the same key or do you need a different key? It's the same cpu and mobo, so im assuming the existing key will work there?

[AFpaleoCon]

But that key that comes up with showcdkey is just a generic CD key each windows release and version has a generic key assigned to it and that's what you will see when you have a digital license. I know of NO way to see the original true product key.

[psalmsbyharvz]

Super informative video. How about if you want to fresh install windows on a mini Pc which comes with activated window. Can I use the windows key of the mini pc when I do a fresh install using original windows ISO file?

Thanks in advance.

[HotBeeFF]

thanks man. super easy and super simple to swap over to new PC.

[JediBuddhist]

Important differentiation.. thanks. Who knew. That's gonna save time for sure.

[BradleyHulme]

question: when activated on 1 PC with a RETAIL key and its linked to your Microsoft account, if i buy another RETAIL key for a second PC and log in with my Microsoft Account how will it go about being linked with that one?

[WorldHK]

Is it completely safe to use keys from cdkeysales? Is not like a volume license key where the organization can monitor your windows activity..

[tnw]

What if you can’t deactivate windows 10 pro because the motherboard is dead? And you want to use the old ssd on a new mb? Can I still use the same licence after formating ssd and installing windows again?

[kareemkhaledsaied]

before uninstalling the key do i need to be connected to internet ?

[Evangelionism]

And will deactivating Windows 10 Home result in any data loss on the PC?

[StanSnaps]

I updated my Bios Firmware (Gigabyte)now Microsoft won't accept my Retail Key, I can't activate Windows 11.

[ionamygdalon]

The 20 machine licenses... Can they be used for Virtual Machines?

[elberttanner]

Question; I went into a retail establishment and purchased a copy of Win10. I installed it on either a Dell or Gateway, that fit the description on the Win10 box. However it crashed
by virtue of not having the proper video drivers. How can I use that license again, since I can not see how to uninstall it with no video?