Timeline for How to link Windows license to MS account WITHOUT installing it?
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| Oct 16, 2023 at 19:40 | comment | added | Ramhound | @Suncatcher - It's not complicated, Windows will only generate a digital entitlement, if it's installed on a physical or virtual machine. There is no such thing as a Windows license that can be used on two different machines (virtual or physical). Once you install Windows, and link a local user to your Microsoft Account, the link between the digital entitlement and the Microsoft Account is created. | |
| Oct 16, 2023 at 1:31 | history | edited | Suncatcher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2023 at 1:30 | comment | added | Suncatcher |
it’s machine specific vs It should work in a VM??? so I am confused whom to believe. Installing it to VM makes no sense?
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| Oct 15, 2023 at 22:39 | comment | added | Ramhound | You can’t; Only Windows can generate the digital entitlement for the machine, even then, it’s machine specific | |
| Oct 15, 2023 at 22:14 | comment | added | anon | You can install on the same machine in a VM. A retail license allows you to move the license (not so with OEM) but not use it on 2 physical machines simultaneously. | |
| Oct 15, 2023 at 22:10 | comment | added | ChanganAuto | It should work in a VM. | |
| Oct 15, 2023 at 22:08 | history | asked | Suncatcher | CC BY-SA 4.0 |