Windows Licence Transfer

[Nick Erridge]

I have recently upgraded from my old 'hand-me-down' laptop. My old one I was able to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro from Windows 7 Pro (during the free upgrade window) and it also had Office 2013 Pro pre installed. My new laptop (purchased 2nd hand) has Windows 8 but no office suite. Is there a way of transferring the licence from the old laptop to the new one? Could I just use the OEM key on the sticker on the back of the old laptop to activate Win10 and would that bring with it Office? I can buy office cheap off of kinguin.net but if I can do it for free then that woould be better hahaa!!

 

Thanks for your help!

[DrDevinRX]

You should just be able to upgrade the second machine to Windows 10. I've used keys for Windows 7/8/8.1 in Windows 10 and it does still seem to support it, but YMMV.

[kalnick]

7 minutes ago, Nick Erridge said:

I have recently upgraded from my old 'hand-me-down' laptop. My old one I was able to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro from Windows 7 Pro (during the free upgrade window) and it also had Office 2013 Pro pre installed. My new laptop (purchased 2nd hand) has Windows 8 but no office suite. Is there a way of transferring the licence from the old laptop to the new one? Could I just use the OEM key on the sticker on the back of the old laptop to activate Win10 and would that bring with it Office? I can buy office cheap off of kinguin.net but if I can do it for free then that woould be better hahaa!!

 

Thanks for your help!

Your windows 7 key is tied to the original laptop and windows 10 will not activate on another computer with that kwy

You can still upgrade the WIndows 8 to windows 10 for free. The laptop Windows 8 oem key in the UEFI will activate 10

 

FOr Office I'm not sure but OEM software is generally tied to the computer it came with and is non transferable

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

You cannot transfer it like that. You need to go buy retail or use open office or google docs