How to upgrade from W7/8.1 without going through the complete upgrade process

Thanks to all .

I was able to use my windows 7 home OEM key without any issue in Windows 10 home. This works.

 

Okay i understand the main post clearly but i have something in mind... with newer hardware won't accept Windows 7 anymore due to lack of drivers is it possible to use genuine ticket (using loader or real key) to activate Windows 10 in systems that only support Windows 10?

 

Genuine ticket is hardware bound, so, it won't work if the hardware is entirely different.

 

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Still working. Today I did it on a newly built UEFI Threadripper machine.
After a few failed attempts in different ways, this worked out well:

1. Fresh installed Windows 8.1 Pro. Activated with MTKV263. Installed drivers till all exclamation marks in Device Manager were gone.
2. Connected to the internet. Copied gatherosstate.exe from a Win10_1511_Dutch_x64-ISO to desktop, ran it & copied the generated GenuineTicket.xml to a USB-stick.
3. Fresh installed (not upgrade!) Win10_Pro_1709 & again; installed all drivers & reboot.
4. Copied GenuineTicket.xml to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket\, rebooted, turned on internet connection, open CMD with administrator rights & typed:
   Code:

   cscript slmgr.vbs /ato

   ..... et voilá; Win10 Pro activated

 

Does windows 10 still accept windows 7 and 8 keys i tried to install home with the windows 7 oem key but it says invalid

 

I thought latest hardware like threadripper don't have all drivers available for win 8.1.

 

I was able to install all drivers through Device Manager -> Update Driver & point it to the Asrock Driver CDROM.

 

What are the steps for linked licence transfer?
Beez

 

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Let us know how it went.

 

Will this give me a HWID after transferring the license to the real machine, so that I can do another clean install afterwards without using an MS account?

 

Yes,once digital license is successfully transferred the hwid of new system will be established at MS servers.

 

There seems to be a flaw here, the windows digital license seems to get attached to the motherboard of the VM, even when linking it to an MS account... it can't be transferred to the real machine because it has a different motherboard than the VM, and the motherboard seems to be the one piece of hardware that can't be changed without forfeiting the digital license. Is there any solution to this, apart from contacting MS support?

 

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Did you read the instructions about transferring activation using MS account(see post#1893 above)?

When you change your motherboard then you effectively change your system/machine too for licensing purposes.You don't lose digital license unless revoked by MS as it is saved on their servers only by way of hwid.

 

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