Defcon Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Bought a used laptop (Thinkpad), it came with Win 10 Pro. Seller says it has activation tied to the model so I can reinstall Windows 10 and activate without needing a key. How do I confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenwizard88 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'm on a mac, so I can't confirm, but I believe if you go to settings -> about and look in the area that says activated, it will tell you if it's via a key or "digital entitlement". You'll want to be careful as they can end up tied to an MS account, and used on another computer - I don't know what the requirements are, but I was given the choice to activate my personal PC via the key of a work machine I had logged into with the same MS account. Hopefully someone else can explain that better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted July 10, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2017 What does it say under Settings > Update/Security > Activation ? goretsky 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jim K said: What does it say under Settings > Update/Security > Activation ? edition: Windos 10 pro activation: Windows is activated with a digital license so I guess that confirms it? If so another qn - right now it has a test account I think the seller setup. I can add my MS account but I want to remove the current account as well, is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 minute ago, Defcon said: edition: Windos 10 pro activation: Windows is activated with a digital license so I guess that confirms it? If so another qn - right now it has a test account I think the seller setup. I can add my MS account but I want to remove the current account as well, is that possible? Click Start, go to Settings, then Accounts, on the left click Family & Other People, under 'Other People' click the + to add someone else to the computer. Once you have completed the new Account, sign out of the "Test" Account, go back into Settings, then Accounts and you can remove the Test Account from your device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Thanks. I thought so but I think in the past when I did this the result was different than setting up fresh with a MS account. Still debating whether I should just do a fresh install with latest creator's update iso. Does the digital license also apply to Windows in a vm (on same hardware). I'm guessing not as it won't have access to hw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted July 10, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Defcon said: Thanks. I thought so but I think in the past when I did this the result was different than setting up fresh with a MS account. Still debating whether I should just do a fresh install with latest creator's update iso. Does the digital license also apply to Windows in a vm (on same hardware). I'm guessing not as it won't have access to hw. Regarding the last sentence...you would need another w10 (or other OS) license for the VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted July 11, 2017 Supervisor Share Posted July 11, 2017 Hello, As a quick test, you could always remove the existing HDD/SSD, install an empty drive, load Windows 10 onto it, and then see if it activates. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpifIcan Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 If you want you could see if insider would let you run under a VM. I have win10 creator on main and insider on VBox with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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