upgrading to Windows 10 soon! advice? thoughts?

I hope the product key is not a problem... I couldn't afford a full Windows 10 key from Amazon.com because
my motherboard was $100 plus more expensive then originally because I had to buy from a 3rd party seller and not from Amazon because they ran out of that motherboard...

if the key doesn't work it will have to wait till I can afford a new one...

AddRAM said:

Operating Systems | Newegg.com

ok thx almost $50 cheaper.. I can do that.. one I have more $ lol
I will bookmark it for later...

idgat said:

Been mentioned above already, you do NOT need to buy another key. Use your old Win 7 key.


The Windows 10 download from Microsoft is effectively a free upgrade from your Win 7 installation.

but I'm not upgrading my Win7 install.. I am doing a fresh install on Win10 on a new motherboard and CPU

idgat said:

Doesn't matter. It's an upgrade of the license, and doesn't have to be an upgrade of an actual installed system.

Even a fresh install is still an upgrade of the Win 7 license. The Win 7 key is valid (legally) whether an in situ upgrade or a clean install.

ok, I can give it a shot if my new Win 10 key doesn't work...

Melchior said:

so my CPU, RAM, and NVMe have come in....
but the motherboard is in limbo in California some where...
they claim they have sent it via UPS and its shipped but the UPS tracker says only the label has been created..
I'm worried...

"the label has been created" means that it has been boxed up with a UPS label placed on it by the store you bought it from. The tracking won't change until UPS actually picks it up. When that happens the tracking will change to "In Transit"

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Melchior said:

I already bought a Windows 10 Pro OEM key from cdkeysales .com mainly becuase I could not afford a retail key from
Amazon or M$ directly... what with the cost of the parts I ordered off of Amazon .com
Buy best Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM CD KEY GLOBAL from cdkeysales.com
seems semi-legit.. not sure, but the key looks real... won't know till I activate it...

I bought Microsoft Office 2019 from a similar online site. What they are selling is Enterprise versions of software. Officially Microsoft does not approve of such sales since they are not regular retail versions. Forums like this know it and frown on people talking about it. For that reason this post may be deleted.

Here is the difference...
Retail versions of Windows 10: Bought at retail and online stores with one key per purchased copy.
Enterprise versions of Windows 10: Bought at official Microsoft distributors by small and large companies. One purchase gets one key but this one key can be used multiple times. The number of times depends upon the number of activations purchased. This can be 10 or a 1000 depending upon the needs of the company. Also, the company can buy additional activations at a later date to be used with the original key.

The online sellers of these keys must have a source of these keys which still have unused activations. For example someone bought a key with 1000 activations but only used 100 of them. The 900 left could be sold off one at a time with each one being activated with the same key.

MisterEd said:

"the label has been created" means that it has been boxed up with a UPS label placed on it by the store you bought it from. The tracking won't change until UPS actually picks it up. When that happens the tracking will change to "In Transit"

I know that already...
what I am saying is that the seller claims its already in UPS hands... in a container with other items being shipped from that seller...
and it has not budged an inch since they shipped it Friday and I bought it Friday...

I am worried its gotten lost...