Windows Product Key

[Mccapital]

I upgraded from windows 8 to windows 10 on my main pc 4 months ago. I recently built a new pc for my sister and I don't want to pay for an additional copy of windows So I wanted to use my old windows 8 disc, but  sadly it asks for a product key And I cant find my old windows 8 product key, I used programs like jellybean key finder but I had no luck with that. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

[TonyTheNain]

3 minutes ago, Mccapital said:

I upgraded from windows 8 to windows 10 on my main pc 4 months ago. I recently built a new pc for my sister and I don't want to pay for an additional copy of windows So I wanted to use my old windows 8 disc, but  sadly it asks for a product key And I cant find my old windows 8 product key, I used programs like jellybean key finder but I had no luck with that. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

I think a product key is attributed to a motherboard and can't be use on another PC that has a different motherboard

 

EDIT: well, you can, but you will still need another key (new one) to activate windows completely. That's what I needed to do

[SpencerBoughtAnXbox]

You can only use a computer per key. id just get another off of kinguin if you really want windows

[TonyTheNain]

1 minute ago, SpencerBoughtAnXbox said:

You can only use a computer per key. id just get another off of kinguin if you really want windows

You can use a used key, but you still need a new one to fully activate windows

[jared404]

You're screwed, unless you want to reinstall windows every 30 days, or ... not suggested

 

[LogicalDrm]

Since you've used old Win8.1 key to register Win10, the key is in use already on your PC. No way to use that on another PC without deactivating it on your main. Just be a man and buy her new Windows.

[Cyracus]

yeah kinguin or reddit microsoft software swap for a cheap key

[CosmicButterGuy]

14 hours ago, Cyracus said:

yeah kinguin or reddit microsoft software swap for a cheap key

Kingwin, G2A, and Microsoft Software Swap are grey area sites that violate Microsoft's Terms of Service: 

Section 8, Software License.

Unless accompanied by a separate Microsoft license agreement (for example, if you are using a Microsoft application that is included with and a part of Windows, then the Windows Software License Terms govern such software), and except as provided in section 14(b)(i) below for applications available through the Office Store, the Windows Store or the Xbox Store, any software provided by us to you as part of the Services is subject to these Terms.

a. If you comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to install and use one copy of the software per device on a worldwide basis for use by only one person at a time as part of your use of the Services. The software or website that is part of the Services may include third-party code. Any third-party scripts or code, linked to or referenced from the software or website, are licensed to you by the third parties that own such code, not by Microsoft. Notices, if any, for the third-party code are included for your information only.

b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. This license does not give you any right to, and you may not:

   -i. circumvent or bypass any technological protection measures in or relating to the software or Services;

   -iv. publish, copy, rent, lease, sell, export, import, distribute, or lend the software or the Services, unless Microsoft expressly authorizes you to do so;

   -v. transfer the software, any software licenses, or any rights to access or use the Services

[CosmicButterGuy]

 

On 9/20/2016 at 3:47 PM, SpencerBoughtAnXbox said:

You can only use a computer per key. id just get another off of kinguin if you really want windows

Kingwin, G2A, and Microsoft Software Swap are grey area sites that violate Microsoft's Terms of Service: 

Section 8, Software License.

Unless accompanied by a separate Microsoft license agreement (for example, if you are using a Microsoft application that is included with and a part of Windows, then the Windows Software License Terms govern such software), and except as provided in section 14(b)(i) below for applications available through the Office Store, the Windows Store or the Xbox Store, any software provided by us to you as part of the Services is subject to these Terms.

a. If you comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to install and use one copy of the software per device on a worldwide basis for use by only one person at a time as part of your use of the Services. The software or website that is part of the Services may include third-party code. Any third-party scripts or code, linked to or referenced from the software or website, are licensed to you by the third parties that own such code, not by Microsoft. Notices, if any, for the third-party code are included for your information only.

b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. This license does not give you any right to, and you may not:

   -i. circumvent or bypass any technological protection measures in or relating to the software or Services;

   -iv. publish, copy, rent, lease, sell, export, import, distribute, or lend the software or the Services, unless Microsoft expressly authorizes you to do so;

   -v. transfer the software, any software licenses, or any rights to access or use the Service