Transfer Windows 10 Pro License from Lenovo T520 to T530: Upgrading from Win 7 with Sticker

Question

2 years ago I bought a Lenovo T520 with Windows 10 Pro EN x64, a license from an upgrade from Windows 7, I have a Windows 7 sticker.
Currently I bought a more powerful computer Lenovo T530 (2x more RAM, bigger hard drive, USB 3.0). How can I transfer the license?

Anonymous · Answer

If there is a key, just try to activate it on the new one.

kociol96 · Answer

On the T530 there should also be a sticker with a windows key. Download 10 and use the key from 7.

Anonymous · Answer

T520

Matuzalem · Answer

If the base system - here: Windows 7 - was preinstalled at the factory, then legally license transfer you can't . It results directly from point 4 lit. a \ Windows 10 license terms. If so, then as well as suggesting the use of a key from a sticker from old equipment, in this case, you can recommend the use of any activator (for Windows 10) - the end result will be better, because the acceptance of the key may be different (not necessarily at the stage of its typing during installation), and the activator will work for sure.

Anonymous · Answer

More important than Microsoft's ridiculous law (based on Microsoft's cash register) is the law established by the Union for Europe, so the key can be transferred. Using an activator is associated with the risk of data theft, system infection, etc.

Matuzalem · Answer

Please first read the judgment of the CJEU (its content, at least in these important passages, is available), to which everyone now so commonly refers, and then check whether it applies in specific conditions. Supporting question: Why in the case of Windows 10, the License Terms in Section 4 consists of two parts - lit. a \ ib \ (distinguish between two factual states)? - And please do not mix the terms OEM and BOX, because such terms do not appear in this document. And this, and not the issue of legality, is, in your opinion, the most important issue? If so, I can assure you that I know at least a few activators and sources from which to download them, without risk (infecting the system to be activated).

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, only that the BOX version has a license different than the OEM one, in the case of the BOX there are no restrictions on transferring, provided that it will be installed only on one computer, in the case of OEM, the key and licenses apply to the set with which it was purchased . All legal aspects aside or not, transfer a license is simply an installation with the key that is on the label. Adding that the installation key in the computer is different than on the label anyway.

Matuzalem · Answer

Ladies annmedia: since then please indicate which version the above fragment comes from and present a quote from the second. A quote documenting the difference the Lord wrote about. Just please do not rush to reach for licenses other than for Windows 10 - this thread is about this system. Lest it was that a system installed loosely can always be moved - there is one and this is an undocumented exception. It applies to licenses obtained as a thank you for participating in the Insider program before the premiere of Windows 10. In this case, not only the license cannot be transferred, but even minor hardware changes can cause - and often cause - the loss of activation. Point 4 of the license terms as quoted above have been in force for well over 4 years (for about a year after the premiere of Windows 10, they looked different, but this is a completely different story. A story that only those who not only have a good memory, but also have the habit of knowing what's going on in the license. PS I would also be careful with OEM, as in the case of Windows 8, for example, there were two license versions. The differences between them can be easily checked today - the texts are available

Anonymous · Answer

The topic concerns the upgrade license of Windows 10 from version 7. I do not intend to add too much here, let it stay with me. Seeing that a colleague knows that at the moment of purchasing an upgrade, e.g. a boxed / downloadable version of each program, when installing the software of this version, there is only one minor difference, the installer asks for the serial number from the previous version, if it is ok, he asks for the serial number from the new version . In the case of upgrading windows, legally you should install version 7 first and then upgrade. However, the wine version 10 has one great advantage, you only need to activate it once to install the fresh version without the need to enter the key. Everything complies with the license. Another thing for the insiders and those with license problems. Until today (here I can make a mistake) the Win10 Pro version is available for free and legally - and please do not write about providing links.

Matuzalem · Answer

No - the thread concerns the right to migrate a Windows 10 license obtained as an upgrade from an older, qualifying version of the system - here: Windows 7 - acquired under the conditions described in point 4 (a). a \, to the new computer. There will be no further quotes from your post - it is a pity to translate half-truths and untruths. You use the word legally quite often, but in a misleading context. Really, please give up on such explanations, because they only lead to the fact that simple matters - for people who do not suffer from functional illiteracy - result in dilemmas leading to misunderstandings, and sometimes myths that find crowds of publishers (because fit them). As a result, a legend is created that something is needed or something is allowed, because there are many voices on the Internet that this is what it is (and a billion flies cannot be wrong). I myself was a victim / perpetrator of such things in the case of the XP license, but then I read the CJEU judgment and I do not regret it.

mailak · Answer

First, the problem is not resolved.
The EU provision by the order but M $ prevents the license from being transferred.
In connection with the above, I am already writing from Linux Mint.
Actually, I don't care about the precious M $ license anymore. Linux is 5x faster.
I recommend Mint to everyone.

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