On 2/11/19 6:19 PM, T wrote:
or I lose my license.

Am I being bamboozled?


Yup. I was. You can always tell when they refuse to escalate
an issue.

Well as it transpires and calling speaking to five more
Indians:

The license I see installed is a temporary installation key
and won't activate.

My actual license turned out to be a Beta license and M$ reneged
on upgrading it. I do remember filling out the forms and
what the hell...

W8 license upgrade to w10 gets/got deactivated after ANY hardware
change. As such is totally inadequate for my needs. And got
tossed out of the system years ago.

The full commercial/retail license can be reinstalled and transferred
and does not care so much about hardware changes. (M$ can release
any hardware change hold by calling them.)

Oh ya, there is no way around paying them again for another license.
And I really resent becoming part of their revenue stream when I
am reselling their ****.