Is it possible to transfer a windows 10 license from an old computer to a new one?

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Vanes Ri_Lax2021-03-22 15:37:20

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Vanes Ri_Lax, 2021-03-22 15:37:20

Good afternoon!
Once it was possible to upgrade your computer to windows 10 and get a license for a new operating system.
I used to do this for myself a long time ago and everything works fine for me, now I decided to buy myself a new laptop, is it possible to somehow transfer the license but a new laptop?

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Alexander Chernykh, 2021-03-22
@sashkets

if the original Windows on the old computer was OEM (this option is most often sold) - then no

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VaneS Ri_Lax, 2021-03-24
@vanesxl

I will say right away that I do not pretend to be the ultimate truth, I will tell you how I did it and I did it!
I took the first laptop on which licensed windows 10 is installed, logged in under a Microsoft account, went to the activation section, I got a message there something like "Windows is activated and has a digital license. The license is linked to your Microsoft account."
Next, I downloaded and installed the official windows 10 image on the second laptop, logged in with a Microsoft account. I went to the settings, the activation section. I wrote there that the problem with the activation. Run the Activation Troubleshooter. He offered me the option that my computer was under repair and I changed the motherboard. I chose it, it found my old computer, I chose it and that's it, my license was transferred from the old one to the new one!
I assume that there was a real Windows license on my computer, otherwise Microsoft would have shaved off this option.
Here is the official article on which I did everything.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/repeat...

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Svetlana Kozlova, 2021-03-22
@svob

If you updated to 10 for the promotion that has already ended, then this one cannot be transferred exactly. They themselves trumpeted about it at all corners.

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YagamiRaito, 2021-03-22
@YagamiRaito

You can clone the disk with Acronis and boot with a new Windows on a new computer, select "hard reset" at boot and install from scratch. I did this, but not on a new computer, but simply changed the disk. The key is attached to the Microsoft account, and it is saved.