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dahdum 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop manda...

They use machine id, shouldn’t need the key to reactivate on reinstall.

wvenable 5 months ago [–]

But you can move your key across devices -- just de-register the old machine and register on the new one.

I bought a Windows Pro license a decade ago (maybe for Win7) and I'm still using the same license for Windows 11 on a new PC.

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