looking for win 10  experience on this.  I have a win 10 user wanting to make the switch.  Typically for win 7 users I go P2V, and reactivate.  Being the key is now stored in the motherboard, when O reactivate will the work still or do they need to buy another won10 License.  I have done 15 installs with people in the last month on the Orlando area before this all win 7/win8.1 with no issues.  Being its the same hardware, I'm not sure if this will work and hope someone the community.  Running a search I didn't find anything the looked specific to can you use win 10 Licensing on the same board or not.

 

Before anyone asks, they are a developer, they have an active win 7/win8.1/win10 setup on their pc now, and want unRAID specifically for being able to have all 3 active without  reboot, and yes they realize they need 3 KVM setups for them.

Sorry, I don't understand what the question is. Hopefully someone else will, or perhaps you can rephrase it

 

Typically, if you buy a computer that comes with a Windows OS, the license if from the hardware manufacturer, so Dell, HP etc. and the OS license is tied to that particular hardware. If you create a virtual machine, regardless of the platform, you are required to buy an OS license for that virtual machine.  When you P2V it, its kind of tricking the OS, but you are actually violating the end user license agreement by continuing to use that license in a virtual machine when you P2V.

W10 uses an online activation that ties to the hardware. The W10 update activation doesn't give the user a new key so it's activation is tied to the motherboard (along with the rest of the hardware combination) of the machine that the W10 update was performed on. Since the update doesn't give a license key, you can't transfer the licensed W10 install to another machine. Even when just making enough changes to the hardware you'll need to buy W10.

 

Half right half wrong, the right is with what I confirmed, the wrong is if you bought a retail box.  I do appreciate the replies.  Note Luckily this was a win10 retail box.  It is the only win10 you can move from motherboard to motherboard, it is actually part of the licensing agreement, corporate has an exclusion, but OEM is the motherboard only until it dies. This is what was stated when I had a licensing support tech from Microsoft on the phone.  No trick no gimmicks.  Technically buying an OEM license as an end user and not a vendor without internet to sale a pc is a violation in the sales agreement in and of itself.    The good news is since I am using the same hardware it is not a violation.  If it is OEM for win 10, then it would be.  That said at least for the win 10 folks I run across, I know to up charge and have a new retail box on hand to up charge for convenience.  Then again, I have been out of the windows software support for a long time so good refresher.

OEM is the motherboard only until it dies. This is what was stated when I had a licensing support tech from Microsoft on the phone. 

I've made the argument with the MS activation centre in the past that OEM licences go with the sticker (ie: the case) and not the mobo and succeeded.

OEM is the motherboard only until it dies. This is what was stated when I had a licensing support tech from Microsoft on the phone. 

I've made the argument with the MS activation centre in the past that OEM licences go with the sticker (ie: the case) and not the mobo and succeeded.

 

Made the same argument in the past and loved it for win 95 all the way through Win8.1, sadly OEM for win 10 no dice.  If it was upgraded to the recent version, its software as a service - no dice.  Only the non upgraded win 10 retail box that hasn't been upgraded can be moved MB to MB.