Halp with 290x problem

In giving away a 'reset' win 10, it's still attached to your Microsoft account. There's a pretty good chance that anything you have registered under it (prior systems, phones, secondary and tertiary computers, tablets) would all appear under that registration. Also the key would be attached to you too which may provide additional headaches as well.

If you're planning to ditch the hardware, ditch just the hardware. My Common Sense (not to be confused with common sense) is tinging telling me the software would be a huge headache to pass off.
 
ASCI Blue said:
In giving away a 'reset' win 10, it's still attached to your Microsoft account. There's a pretty good chance that anything you have registered under it (prior systems, phones, secondary and tertiary computers, tablets) would all appear under that registration. Also the key would be attached to you too which may provide additional headaches as well.

If you're planning to ditch the hardware, ditch just the hardware. My Common Sense (not to be confused with common sense) is tinging telling me the software would be a huge headache to pass off.
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Supposedly the license is attached to the computer and not the person but I think your right, unless I give it to a family member or trusted friend, hardware only. Well I am not common so therefore no sense I have :D
 
noko said:
Supposedly the license is attached to the computer and not the person but I think your right, unless I give it to a family member or trusted friend, hardware only. Well I am not common so therefore no sense I have :D
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That's a reasonably accurate statement to make about the computer vs the person, my question about that comes from the fact it's an 'upgrade' vs being a full version. If you have a Win 7 key attached to you/your Microsoft account then it's also attached to you. You may be able to remove the system from your account, set it up under someone else using the 7 or 8 key it was originally from though.
 
ASCI Blue said:
That's a reasonably accurate statement to make about the computer vs the person, my question about that comes from the fact it's an 'upgrade' vs being a full version. If you have a Win 7 key attached to you/your Microsoft account then it's also attached to you. You may be able to remove the system from your account, set it up under someone else using the 7 or 8 key it was originally from though.
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Brain exploding, just trying to figure out Win7/8/10 licensing agreement, then all combined into one big pile would put me 6 feet under. Pay Microsoft more $. :bleh: . . . .
 
Were I to take a shot in the dark, assuming you do an fdisk format reinstall, start with 7 or 8 if it's a full version. Do the upgrade to 10 using the ISO from Microsoft. Hand over ALL hardware associated with that machine WITH the OS disc of your choice. It *should* work.
 
If the system ever had an activated Win 10 installation on it:

1. Wipe hard drive
2. Clean Windows 10 install from CD/USB
3. Activate with the M$ default activation key VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

This key only works if your motherboard has a valid Win10 activation record on the M$ servers.
 
Is there any way to get the legit key used in a previous version of Winders if an upgrade was done or would that require restoring Winders.old then searching for it?
 
ASCI Blue said:
Thanks for the idea princess, it worked with a bit of fiddling. Gotta run it in 'administrator' mode.
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Oi sorry for leaving that part out. Been up over 24 hours poking various things throughout the day. I think it's time for bed though so woo :3
 
No worries, easy thing to space being up that long. ^_^ Passed the info on to the gf who also happened to find her Win 7 disc.
 
Purely for update funsies: I installed my former 270 in my gfs machine finally, it runs like a champ after a BIOS update. She's currently waiting on Ryzen 5 to drop to do an upgrade.
 
ASCI Blue said:
Is there any way to get the legit key used in a previous version of Winders if an upgrade was done or would that require restoring Winders.old then searching for it?
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I've found just fiddling around in Aida 64 that it gives both the Product ID and Product key under Operating System selection. So that is another way.
 
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