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Old December 11th 18, 08:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Dan wrote:

Now, my question is that I did not have to type in any information
regarding a COA, in Windows activation it states my Win 10 64 1809 is
activated but a 'digital license'.

How do I retrieve my Windows key if I need to re - install Win 10 pro?
Do I need to install Win 7 64 Ultimate then install Windows 10 pro
over it to get a fresh install of Win 10 pro?


Because you have a digital license in Windows 10 (upgrade from Win7
presumably), the actual key is only stored on the Microsoft server.

If you looked at the registry key with one of the key retrieval tools,
you'd see one of these. I'm quite used to seeing 3V66T on
my setups here. My laptop is the exception, because for some reason,
my laptop is an English/FrenchCanadian model.

VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T (Windows 10 Professional)
YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7 (Windows 10 Home - multi language) --- laptop!
BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT (Windows 10 Home - single language)

How this works is, your laptop has various serial numbers.
The MAC address of the motherboard NIC is unique.

When you installed Windows 10 the first time, the serial
numbers were (effectively) recorded on the Microsoft server.
It was observed you qualified for the free upgrade, so
the server activated your OS for you.

But the Microsoft server now has that entry. It remembers it for later.

Any time an activation request comes in from MAC 123456789012
or whatever, the server looks that up and says "I know
that guy", and checks the activation record, and you
can be activated again -- without typing a thing.

And that's likely what has happened to you. You were
looked up, the laptop credentials had been seen before,
so the same activation was handed out.

Each OS install on the laptop would have

1) A unique installation number.

slmgr /dlv

would have the details

2) The SID changes each time.

There are three groups of digits, plus a local account number.
Local account for administrator is 500.
Local accounts for users start at 1000.

If I installed Win10 twice, my user account would be
this on the two OS installs.

111111111-2222222222-33333333-1000

444444444-5555555555-66666666-1000

This is why, is you do a Takeown of a disk with
your nominal "John Smith" ownership, in fact the
different computers (OS installs) refer to you
with different numbers.

This isn't a big deal. It's just that occasionally
you may be looking at several disk drives and happen to
notice some subtle differences between them, when
you dump security information. Maybe you see a file
is owned by

John Smith as well as...
111111111-2222222222-33333333-1000

When an OS doesn't have the account defined in it,
it just shows the number string instead. The format
of the number string tells me the file is "stamped"
by a Win10 from another installation. Perhaps it
was my old installation.

*******

There are *no* preparation steps to take, for your
next install of that SKU of Win10 on that laptop
the next time.

If you were worried about the ability to transfer
a license, then applying an MSA to all the machines
involved, might make it easier for a Microsoft
support person to understand your install history.
I've never done anything complicated like that, and
finding a web page with details might not be that
easy. A situation where this might happen or need
assistance, is if you break your laptop and need
a new motherboard. Now the serial numbers are changed,
and "you need Activation Support" :-) But when the
hardware is stable from one Win10 install to the
next Win10 install, everything is "auto".

HTH,
Paul

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Old December 12th 18, 08:27 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Dan[_20_]
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:56:27 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Dan wrote:

Now, my question is that I did not have to type in any information
regarding a COA, in Windows activation it states my Win 10 64 1809 is
activated but a 'digital license'.

How do I retrieve my Windows key if I need to re - install Win 10 pro?
Do I need to install Win 7 64 Ultimate then install Windows 10 pro
over it to get a fresh install of Win 10 pro?


Because you have a digital license in Windows 10 (upgrade from Win7
presumably), the actual key is only stored on the Microsoft server.

If you looked at the registry key with one of the key retrieval tools,
you'd see one of these. I'm quite used to seeing 3V66T on
my setups here. My laptop is the exception, because for some reason,
my laptop is an English/FrenchCanadian model.

VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T (Windows 10 Professional)
YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7 (Windows 10 Home - multi language) --- laptop!
BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT (Windows 10 Home - single language)

How this works is, your laptop has various serial numbers.
The MAC address of the motherboard NIC is unique.

When you installed Windows 10 the first time, the serial
numbers were (effectively) recorded on the Microsoft server.
It was observed you qualified for the free upgrade, so
the server activated your OS for you.

But the Microsoft server now has that entry. It remembers it for later.

Any time an activation request comes in from MAC 123456789012
or whatever, the server looks that up and says "I know
that guy", and checks the activation record, and you
can be activated again -- without typing a thing.

And that's likely what has happened to you. You were
looked up, the laptop credentials had been seen before,
so the same activation was handed out.

Each OS install on the laptop would have

1) A unique installation number.

slmgr /dlv

would have the details

2) The SID changes each time.

There are three groups of digits, plus a local account number.
Local account for administrator is 500.
Local accounts for users start at 1000.

If I installed Win10 twice, my user account would be
this on the two OS installs.

111111111-2222222222-33333333-1000

444444444-5555555555-66666666-1000

This is why, is you do a Takeown of a disk with
your nominal "John Smith" ownership, in fact the
different computers (OS installs) refer to you
with different numbers.

This isn't a big deal. It's just that occasionally
you may be looking at several disk drives and happen to
notice some subtle differences between them, when
you dump security information. Maybe you see a file
is owned by

John Smith as well as...
111111111-2222222222-33333333-1000

When an OS doesn't have the account defined in it,
it just shows the number string instead. The format
of the number string tells me the file is "stamped"
by a Win10 from another installation. Perhaps it
was my old installation.

*******

There are *no* preparation steps to take, for your
next install of that SKU of Win10 on that laptop
the next time.

If you were worried about the ability to transfer
a license, then applying an MSA to all the machines
involved, might make it easier for a Microsoft
support person to understand your install history.
I've never done anything complicated like that, and
finding a web page with details might not be that
easy. A situation where this might happen or need
assistance, is if you break your laptop and need
a new motherboard. Now the serial numbers are changed,
and "you need Activation Support" :-) But when the
hardware is stable from one Win10 install to the
next Win10 install, everything is "auto".

HTH,
Paul



Cheers Paul,

as you know a fresh install is needed eventually. If I format and do a
fresh Win 10 64 pro install, then I would not need to do anything
except click next when I have no windows 10 serial number. So, I just
run windows update and it will activate automatically?
  #33  
Old December 12th 18, 06:31 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default Dell L502X win 10 drivers

Dan wrote:

Cheers Paul,

as you know a fresh install is needed eventually. If I format and do a
fresh Win 10 64 pro install, then I would not need to do anything
except click next when I have no windows 10 serial number. So, I just
run windows update and it will activate automatically?


Yes :-)

Enjoy,
Paul
  #34  
Old December 12th 18, 07:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Dan[_20_]
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Default Dell L502X win 10 drivers

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:31:40 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Dan wrote:

Cheers Paul,

as you know a fresh install is needed eventually. If I format and do a
fresh Win 10 64 pro install, then I would not need to do anything
except click next when I have no windows 10 serial number. So, I just
run windows update and it will activate automatically?


Yes :-)

Enjoy,
Paul



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