I just made a VHD of Windows 10 and it is running fine but needs Activation

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    #1 tuc, Jan 9, 2017
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    I just made a VHD of Windows 10 and it is running fine but needs Activation.

    I spent about an hour on the phone with Microsoft - no help

    This Win 10 was updated from Windows 7 but I do not have the key for Windows 7 anymore.

    HELP!!

    I used disk2vhd to make a VHD from my Windows that was activated.
     
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    What VHD?

    If it's native you don t need to do anything. If instead you're running it in a VM that machine is a different machine, you will need a new entitlement.
     
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    How do I get a new entitlement? I only have one computer and I am running this VM on it.
     
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    That Visualized Win10 client will require it's own license. The license you have on the hypervisor on will not apply to the virtualized OS.

    You can obtain a new license the same way might've obtained you current hypervisor license, If you obtain that current license by purchasing hardware, then you can also obtain one via retail options.
     
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    Faster way to activate, just use any KMS emulator (see the related section on this forum).

    But you can get a real entitlement installing w7, activating it with daz loader, and upgrading it to w10
     
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    I am very new to this - can someone provide a link to KMS emulator?
     
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    :biggrin:

    Thanks!! It did work.
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