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PurplDrank
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5 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Hey guys im trying to do a fresh windows install but on a different SSD. I was under the impression the CD key would auto transfer over but i am on the screen where it is asking for a CD key. 

You can skip this step, so you can install Windows 10 and it might pick up the key later.

Were you logged in with your Microsoft account on the previous install?

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3 minutes ago, minibois said:

You can skip this step, so you can install Windows 10 and it might pick up the key later.

Were you logged in with your Microsoft account on the previous install?

Yes i was logged in on previous install. Yes my key is linked to my microsoft account.

 

Should i click the "i dont have a product key" on the fresh install? 

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1 minute ago, PurplDrank said:

Yes my key is linked to my microsoft account.

 

Should i click the "i dont have a product key" on the fresh install? 

Yes.

Are you logged into your account already? Because at some point it should ask you if you have 'changed hardware', because there is already a code tied to your account and you can simply say yes and the code should transfer.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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3 minutes ago, minibois said:

Yes.

Are you logged into your account already? Because at some point it should ask you if you have 'changed hardware', because there is already a code tied to your account and you can simply say yes and the code should transfer.

I was logged onto my account prior to installation and an currently logged on through my phone. Heres the screen im on. My goal is to put this new installation on my new SSD

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Just now, PurplDrank said:

I was logged onto my account prior to installation and an currently logged on through my phone. Heres the screen im on. My goal is to put this new installation on my new SSD

Click the 'I don't have a product key' thing.

Snip from your screenshot:

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mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Just did a reinstall of Windows 10 on a system I haven't touched in years. Didn't bother to find the printout of the original digital product key and Windows activated immediately after installing. Microsoft has some interesting (or frightening) ways of tracking this sort of stuff. I made a local account only too, haven't inputted my Microsoft Account credentials yet. 

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1 hour ago, minibois said:

Yes.

Are you logged into your account already? Because at some point it should ask you if you have 'changed hardware', because there is already a code tied to your account and you can simply say yes and the code should transfer.

Alright. I got windows installed but it is not using the CD key. I am signed into my microsoft account. Now what do i do ?

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3 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Alright. I got windows installed but it is not using the CD key. I am signed into my microsoft account. Now what do i do ?

Do you have the 'activate Windows' watermark in the bottom right?

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Do you have the 'activate Windows' watermark in the bottom right?

I akready updated everything. Nothing to update. Im using the digital key and not the official cd key. 

 

How do i find my cd key in my microsoft account 

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Just now, PurplDrank said:

I akready updated everything. Nothing to update. Im using the digital key and not the official cd key. 

?

So you're all good now..? 

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Just now, PurplDrank said:

The digital key is not the cd key i bought or that was linked to my microsoft account originally. 

 

A digital key is a key that will only let you have so many festures 

Keep in mind when you login with your Microsoft account to a computer with a key on it, that key automatically becomes a digital license.

What kind of features are you missing? Because Windows is either activated or not (and if it's not activated, you will have that watermark in the bottom right).

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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2 minutes ago, minibois said:

Keep in mind when you login with your Microsoft account to a computer with a key on it, that key automatically becomes a digital license.

What kind of features are you missing? Because Windows is either activated or not (and if it's not activated, you will have that watermark in the bottom right).

Nevermind. The watermark to activate windows is not there. Should be all good now 

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