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Re-using a OEM Windows copy on another machine?
Hey, apologies if I don't know how to explain the problem real well, bit of an unusual case.
I've recently put together a PC for a family member, and thought instead of buying another copy of Windows outright, I thought I'de try to use an OEM copy of Windows 7 that I updated to Windows 10 for free with Microsoft's offer a while back. Around a year or two ago I had my local computer shop upgrade my PC and at the time they 'needed' to get a new copy that wasn't an OEM and can be re-installed easily. I guess what I'm asking is can I use the key from the OEM copy (it is visible in my Microsoft account) on this new PC? I already have bootable media for Windows 10. Any help on this would be appreciated, please let me know if this crosses any moral 'grey-areas'.
*EDIT* I know typically OEM copies cannot be re-used (in the cases of Windows 7/8/8.1 OEMs) but I was hoping Windows 10 had somewhat rectified this issue? I haven't really found anything on this anywhere. The motherboard used in the build is the original motherboard the OEM license was used with, but it does not have the same storage drives, I still have the key as well.