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  • 07-01-2016 10:41AM
    #1
    Harika
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,
    so I already have windows 10 on my pc. I now plan to buy a new one and wonder if I can use my Windows 10 license on the new pc? Is there any option to check it?
    Also, my windows 10 version, was originally bought as Windows 7 OEM DVD in 2010, then I bought and upgraded to Windows 8 online. And then got the free update for Windows 10.


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  • #2
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,136 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Nope.

    Only if you had a full retail version of either Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 or 10 could you uninstall from your current PC and legitimately install / upgrade to Window 10 on your new PC

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #3
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,069 ✭✭✭homer911


    What OS is coming on the new PC?


  • #4
    Harika
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭Harika


    Thanks, I planned to install Windows 7 on the new PC and then upgrade to Windows 10.


  • #5
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Harika wrote: »
    Thanks, I planned to install Windows 7 on the new PC and then upgrade to Windows 10.
    you either have to buy a pc with windows preinstalled
    or
    buy a full retail copy of windows
    or
    and move a transferrable copy of windows to the PC. and preinstalled copies aren't transferrable even if you'd upgraded them with an upgrade

    windows licencing sucks. but the new model of being able to upgrade from 7 onwards for life sounds good.


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