windows 10 activation

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rkleemann
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windows 10 activation

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Hi,

I've installed Windows 10 Pro guest (OSX MacBook Pro host) and it's working very well. I'm actually very surprised that it runs decently on only 1.5G of RAM.

Anyway, I had a couple of questions:

1. I have a Windows 7 Pro DELL laptop. Is it possible for me to use that license key for the Windows 10 Pro install?
2. If that license key is usable, does that mean I no longer can use the Windows 7 laptop?
3. What other options do I have for a license key, I would need to purchase somewhere? The Windows 10 Pro ISO I downloaded from MS

thanks for your help
Ricardo
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Re: windows 10 activation

Post by Perryg »

All of these questions would be better asked at Microsoft. We do not control how they license their product.
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Re: windows 10 activation

Post by Terrum »

rkleemann wrote:Hi,

I've installed Windows 10 Pro guest (OSX MacBook Pro host) and it's working very well. I'm actually very surprised that it runs decently on only 1.5G of RAM.

Anyway, I had a couple of questions:

1. I have a Windows 7 Pro DELL laptop. Is it possible for me to use that license key for the Windows 10 Pro install?
2. If that license key is usable, does that mean I no longer can use the Windows 7 laptop?
3. What other options do I have for a license key, I would need to purchase somewhere? The Windows 10 Pro ISO I downloaded from MS

thanks for your help
Ricardo
Windows 7 keys will not work for Windows 10, as when you upgrade to Windows 10 you are given a whole new key

Google up some local retailers to you or a trusted online shop that will sell you a Windows 10 key
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