If you make significant hardware changes on your device such as replacing your motherboard windows will no longer find a license that matches your device and you ll need to reactivate windows to get it up and running.
Windows 10 home digital license.
Licensed for one pc or mac.
The only concern i have is my windows 10 license.
If you recently upgraded to windows 10 before the free upgrade offer expired a digital license should be attached to your device.
If you do have a copy of windows 10 pro or maybe you found a retail copy of the upgrade for less than microsoft charges you ll have a product key alternately called a license key that enables windows 10 pro.
With windows 10 at the heart of your computer you can do it all.
Before upgrading to windows 10 pro make sure your device is up to date and running the most recent version of windows 10 home.
As a result you won t be able to use the same windows 10 home license on multiple pcs doing so will invalidate the oldest install.
I am unsure whether this will affect my windows 10 license as a friend of mine told me that upon reformatting i can delete all the partition except for the system reserved as this partition holds the activation key for my os license.
W hen installing windows 10 the digital license associates itself with your device s hardware.
Upgrade from windows 10 home to pro via a license key digital license.
To upgrade from windows 10 home to windows 10 pro and activate your device you ll need a valid product key or a digital license for windows 10 pro.
Built in security features include antivirus firewall and internet protections scan your face or fingerprint with windows hello for a fast secure and password free way to unlock your pc.
Get all the features of windows 10 home operating system plus remote desktop windows information protection bitlocker and a suite of tools designed for business use.
Windows information protection requires either mobile device management or system center configuration manager to manage settings.
If you don t link your digital license you may have.
For more info about how to keep your pc updated see windows update.