Windows 10 key and activation

[JakeNTech]

Hi, not sure if this is in the right place or not, anyway over a year ago I bought a windows 10 pro key and installer and activated it and had no issues. In January I decided to make  a hackintosh and then got rid of windows. A week ago I gave the key and installer to my mate. Would he be able to use it with out my Microsoft account, will he run in to activation issues? And out of curiosity how many computers can I use the same key on? Thanks  

[Russy]

3 minutes ago, fixitnow said:

Hi, not sure if this is in the right place or not, anyway over a year ago I bought a windows 10 pro key and installer and activated it and had no issues. In January I decided to make  a hackintosh and then got rid of windows. A week ago I gave the key and installer to my mate. Would he be able to use it with out my Microsoft account, will he run in to activation issues? And out of curiosity how many computers can I use the same key on? Thanks  

Windows 10 keys are stored on a system's motherboard.

However yes, you can give him the product key but only 1 system can be activated at a time so your machine will be deactived should you install windows 10 on it again

 

[JakeNTech]

2 minutes ago, Russy said:

Windows 10 keys are stored on a system's motherboard.

However yes, you can give him the product key but only 1 system can be activated at a time so your machine will be deactived should you install windows 10 on it again

 

Thanks, now I won't have to buy him a new one , I won't be using windows 10 anytime soon.