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nielsm posted:I did the upgrade. Where's my product key? Since you don't get a key, does this mean that after July 29th 2016 there will be no way to reactivate? If I buy a new motherboard in 2018, I'll have to choose between paying for 10 or reinstalling 7? Edit: Having to pay for a license at that point doesn't seem super unreasonable, but I think I'd rather just pay money now and install with that key instead of dealing with the hassle down the road on the day that Windows decides my poo poo's not Genuine anymore. A FUCKIN CANARY!! fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Aug 13, 2015 |
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Ghostlight posted:If you buy a new motherboard, then yes, that seems to be the key component since then it's definitely a 'different computer' - but people have been moving OEM 7 copies from home builds to home builds for ages by calling Microsoft and requesting a reactivation for it. Except when you moved 7 around and had to activate by phone, there was always a key involved. In the case I'm wondering about, the hardware profile has changed and the installation has no key associated with it, so it seems like you'd be asking Microsoft to activate you on the honor system. There's a giant discussion on the Microsoft Community site about this and nobody seems to have a straight answer on whether your current retail license transfers somehow or you're just getting a freebie activation that's tied to the hardware forever.
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Aug 13, 2015 15:39
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I just went ahead and let it download. It hasn't installed itself behind my back, and I still got the most recent security updates the next time it checked for them. Just had to uncheck "Upgrade to Windows 10 Home" in the list of updates I wanted to install.
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