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I have recently bought a new PC that has Windows 10 Home and would like to upgrade it using the license on my old Laptop which is Windows 10 Pro.

I'm very confused about if it is transferable. I have been through a upgrade from Windows 8 on my old laptop and if I had a key, I believe it has been lost since.

Running the slmgr -dli command in a CMD window will yield a popup saying it is a retail version, suggesting it is transferable. However I seem to see that the key is a generic Windows 10 Pro Key. enter image description here Also I wasn't sure what the deal with the "Digital License". As the pro license says its linked to my Microsoft account.

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So would this mean it is transferable?

I've attempted to try find out what this all means but have gotten a bit confused with the licensing of Windows.

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If you have a Retail edition of Windows 10 Pro, as you've shown in the screenshots, then yes, in theory that should be transferable to new hardware. If it is linked to your Microsoft account then you may be able to login with your Microsoft account on the new machine and perform the activation that way.

I think if you have a digital licence, this doesn't include a product key. The product key listed via slmgr might just display a generic one in that instance.

Did you end up trying it? How did it go?

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