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| HOW TO PASS THE WINDOWS ACTIVATION KEY FROM ONE COMPUTER TO ANOTHER |
The first and most important thing is to know the process necessary to find out which is the activation key for the Windows operating system installed on your computer.
Yes, obtaining the activation key for your Windows license can be very useful, since, among other things, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of it to carry out the activation of a new Windows installation present on another computer.
How do I know if I have a valid Windows license?
As a previous step to decrypt the Windows activation key, you must proceed to check if the Windows license that your computer has is valid. To do this you must do the following:
- Enter the Control Panel section, then System and Security, and finally System.
- Once there you must go to the section corresponding to Windows Activation and check if the Windows operating system installed on the computer is activated.
Steps to find out the Windows activation key
Once we have verified that the Windows license is activated, the next step to follow is to obtain the activation key that we will use later to move to another computer. It should be noted that there are two ways in which this task can be carried out:
- Check activation key without programs
The first thing you should do is enter the start menu and write REGEDIT. Then, press the right button of the mouse to click on the search result and display the secondary menu in which you must choose the option Run as administrator.
With the registry editor open, type the following path on the screen: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SOFTWARE> Microsoft> Windows NT> CurrentVersion> SoftwareProtectionPlatform.
Once you have clicked on SoftwareProtectionPlatform, the next thing you will do is look for the BackupProductKeyDefault entry where you will find the third party Windows activation key reflected in the list of values.
In this sense, the activation key has a format composed of 5 groups of 5 characters each.
On the other hand, it is advisable not to make changes to the values of any field present in the registry editor, since this would generate negative consequences that would affect the performance of the system.
- Check the activation key with the program
This method may not be recommended due to the risk that its use implies in the presence of malicious software that can penetrate the system and steal your personal information. If despite this you still want to follow this alternative, then you should do the following:
- Go to the official Product Key page and download the executable file of this program.
- After completing the Product Key download, click on it and you will see how the activation key for the Windows operating system that you have installed on your computer will be displayed.
How to pass the Windows activation key from one computer to another?
After having learned how to obtain the Windows activation key on one computer, the next thing to know will be how to reuse it to activate a new Windows license installed on another computer.
Something that we all have clear is that the original Windows licenses do not turn out to be an affordable element in economic terms, so going to dubious websites to obtain an activation key that avoids the expense is not always a good idea. And even worse than that is the fact of using cracking tools that cancel Windows protection, an action that, instead of benefiting us, ends up letting malware enter our PC.
That is why if you have an original Windows license you can have the possibility to rule out all these risks by using it to activate a Windows installation present on another computer. How? With an unconventional but legitimate and valid method.
However, before indicating the steps to carry it out, it is necessary to note two things:
- This alternative is not valid for Windows licenses that are already pre-installed (OEM).
- This alternative is not effective for converting a Windows Home license to Pro and vice versa.
Having clarified these points, we will go on to indicate the steps to transfer a Windows license from one PC to another. These are:
- The first thing you have to do is open the Windows console. Once this is done, insert the command VBS / copy and run it.
- In case of being successful, you will notice through a message displayed in a window that the Windows license installed on your computer has been deactivated.
- Then, in the new installation of Windows 10, proceed to open the console and type the command vbs / ipk ##### - ##### - ##### - ##### - ##### where # corresponds to the numbers of the Windows license key.
If you have correctly followed all the steps described, at this point the new Windows installation will be activated with the Windows key installed on the other computer. There may be a case where you need to go to the Activation menu to manually enter the product key.
Having followed these simple steps you will have already learned both how to obtain the activation key, as well as how to transfer it from one PC to another quickly, with which you will be able to take advantage of it every time you need it.
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