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What are you doing ?
You are in at least two different thread's. In one your looking for info.
In another you are agreeing with me.Windows 10 Build 10240 for PC is now available - Page 165 - Windows 10 Forums
And in other's, you are using info. you are getting from me !
Sorry, do your own homework.
From my understanding, the upgrade stuffs is logged in the Windows Store, so when you fresh install, it will see that you've installed and activated Windows 10 before on that machine.
Correct, Microsoft Account doesn't have to do anything with the activation. Activation and machine data is stored in Microsoft Activation Servers, it will activate as soon as the registered computer is connected to the internet whether you're logged on with your MSA or not, Microsoft account only stores the computer info for account verification purposes but not the activation itself.
So my question is what if you upgraded from a retail version of 7 or 8 and later change some hardware in that same machine. How would you go about reactivating, especially if you did a clean install after the switch?
The only thing that triggers a new activation is replacing the motherboard. In that case, it's treated as transferring to a new PC. You must install Windows 7/8.1 then upgrade again.