winver after upgrade


  1. Posts : 16
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #1

    winver after upgrade


    What does it mean if under your licensed name in winver it also says Mictosoft?
    I upgraded from 8.1 Pro to 10 Pro using the Microsoft tool since I got tired of waiting for my reservation. After running a day or 2 fully activated I did a clean install and now it lists Microsoft under my name also.
    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 16
    Win 10 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Anyone else see this in winver?
    Thank you
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  3. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #3

    I'm assuming it looks like the first pic in this post? ( haven't updated my self yet)

    How to know if you can transfer your Windows 10 license to a new - Microsoft Community

    if this is true then it just means your W10 license is transferable.
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  4. Posts : 18,424
    Windows 11 Pro
       #4

    Do a clean install, make the first account on the PC a Microsoft User Account and when it activates, winver will indicate the Windows 10 is licensed to that user.

    Do a clean install, make the first account on the PC a local account and when it activates, winver will indicate the Windows 10 is licensed to that username. I clean installed on a desktop and the first account I created was a local account with username Kodi because that was the account I was going to run Kodi - the multimedia program from. So now my winver says Windows 10 is licensed to Kodi. Dang, did I just transfer my Windows 10 license to the creators of Kodi?

    "Licensed to" on a clean install will simply point to the first account created on the computer and means, pretty much, nothing.
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