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Originally Posted by jhowell
I may have this wrong, but my understanding is that product keys for older versions of Windows are not valid for installing Windows 10. The free upgrade requires an existing installed and activated copy of Windows 7 or 8.1. The installer upgrades to Windows 10 and sends a snapshot of your hardware configuration to Microsoft. They store that and use it to verify your license during activation if you ever need to do a clean install of Windows 10 on the same PC in the future.
Any other installation of Windows 10 requires a new, paid for, Windows 10 license. It is not transferable to new hardware.
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Interesting. That seems to fit what I'm reading on line and experiencing....
Thanks.
It does appear that the produkey tool will let you read the keys for your MS products and record them if you don't have them recorded or on tags already.
The Win 10 Product key it shows after the install does not match the tag for the win7 product key (I wish I'd had/used this tool before starting to know for sure)
I guess I'm going to need to download/burn a DVD using the Windows Product Tool.....but tomorrow, tomorrow...