How many people using Windows 10 in here?

[oops]

I had Windows preinstaled until I change my motherboard, ... but with this new motherboard , my Windows version is now forbidden and does not work anymore ;-)

[Eadwine Rose]

Windows hooks itself into the hardware with the license number. Change the hardware and byebye Windows.


I have win10 here now and asked the seller if I could install it on this system and then later on on the new one, only using one computer, never using the old system one again. Nope they said.. number is hardware bound so it gets locked if you want to do that.

Annoying!

[sunrat]

IIRC you can change hardware if you own a retail version but probably have to contact MS support. If it comes pre-installed on a computer, it dies with that computer although you may be in luck if you ask nicely after a mobo change.

[Eadwine Rose]

Yeah I wager one can do that indeed. As long as you can prove things you should be good.

[Mauser]

Not me. It was because of Windows 10 that I switch from using Windows to using Linux 100% of the time back in September 2015.

[oops]

Windows hooks itself into the hardware with the license number. Change the hardware and byebye Windows.


I have win10 here now and asked the seller if I could install it on this system and then later on on the new one, only using one computer, never using the old system one again. Nope they said.. number is hardware bound so it gets locked if you want to do that.

Annoying!

Very annoying, for the image of the brand too (the policy of the planned obsolescence)

[srq2625]

Windows hooks itself into the hardware with the license number. Change the hardware and byebye Windows.


I have win10 here now and asked the seller if I could install it on this system and then later on on the new one, only using one computer, never using the old system one again. Nope they said.. number is hardware bound so it gets locked if you want to do that.

Annoying!

For What It Might Be Worth: My recent experience counters this.

I have Win10 installed on a drive. As seen in this thread, I have replaced my MBO, memory, and processor. Took the Win10 drive, inserted it into the "new machine" and it booted just fine, no issues, nothing to indicate that it was no longer "authentic". I've rebooted it a number of times and now issue.

The same applies to a Server 2012 install on another drive. There were updates for this install. I applied the updates and rebooted. Still no issues.

Does the above mean that I won't have problems in the future? I don't know; my crystal ball is a bit foggy - I bought the cheaper one on the shelf.

[KoO]

I just got myself x220 i5 an it had windows 10 pro installed on a intel 180gb sdd and 4gb ram.
Ran mod 1.46 bios on the old 180gb win10
upgraded with 250gb 840 evo , 500gb msata 860 evo , 8gb gskill 1866 ram
Installed windows 10 pro iso from microsoft connected to the internet , activated , updated , partition the drive for linux installed antiX. (Still one free) no issues at all.
Really enjoy using this great little machine. My t430 is now my media machine in the docking station.

[KoO]

@ srq2625
If it is activated today it will be forever.
Sit back and relax enjoy the micro$oft show some great sessions a heads you can count on that..

[srq2625]

@ srq2625
If it is activated today it will be forever.
Sit back and relax enjoy the micro$oft show some great sessions a heads you can count on that..

The only reason I have Win10 is to update my Garmin and one other thing I do for the DW (that's Dear Wife) that I've done once a while back and can not, now, remember what it was.

The Server (it's actually 2016, not 2012) is because I'm working on my Server 2016 MCSA and I downloaded the ISO from MS to build a lab environment the work through issues I don't understand - there's a lot of those!

So, 99+% of my time at home (time at work doesn't count - I have no control over that) is spent in MX.