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xbliss,
The problem is that no one knows for sure about those questions since there's nothing official from Microsoft, and this seems to vary from person to person so far.
xbliss,
The problem is that no one knows for sure about those questions since there's nothing official from Microsoft, and this seems to vary from person to person so far.
Does this work when using a Standard local user account? I'd like not to use an Administrator account, would it continue to work for example when changing from Administrator back to Standard once the MSA is setup?
Hello Hannah, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)
Once your PC's digital license is linked to your MSA, it doesn't matter of you change the MSA to be a standard user.
After you do so, you can verify by seeing if Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account is still on the Activation page in Settings.
Feel free. The more people comparing notes the better. :)
What you read on this from Microsoft, you should be able to link all digital licenses to your MSA for any and all PCs that you sign in to as the owner. People have reported that this is not always the case though.
I don't like to speculate. So far, all the testing with VMs and PCs has been inconsistent, and not always giving the same results. Because of this, I simply just can't give you a straight answer.
Can we change Motherboard after linking license to MSA . If yes , Are there any restrictions ? I mean motherboard should be having same chipset as the previous one ?
Hello govindchandra, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)
Yes. If you have previously linked your digital license on the PC with your MSA, then you will be able to change the motherboard on the same PC and use the Activation troubleshooter (if needed) to activate the PC.
If this is an OEM license, then you may not be able to activate with the new motherboard since OEM licenses are usually not transferable.
This looks similar but slightly different -
Also, how could we do the linking without the SWITCH step in this link? i.e. Without Switch it would show as linked with MS A?
Does the Switch Replace the "existing" the Local account or creates and switches to MSA by creating a local profile for it?
Last edited by Brink; 24 Aug 2016 at 13:48. Reason: removed link