Sorry for the delay.
Yes, if you buy a Windows-10 license that will NOT be attached to a motherboard.

If you previously bought a separate win-7/8 license, you might even "move" a free...

Germany's best informed computer journal "c't" described in its VERY basic how-to-dos that you have to do a first install from within a running Win-7/8 so the "old" product key will be registered...

I am not a driver / Windows guru at all, BUT: Windows' system manager did NOT identify newer drivers for me!

... I let "download.driversupport.com" do the searching (free) then found some newer...

Hi, you might try this quick workaround described HERE (other thread).
In my case nothing would happen beyond a certain point; a "manual" upgrade of older drivers (SATA & PCI-bridge) helped.
(Sony...

Hi, you might try the workaround described HERE (other thread).
In my case nothing would happen beyond a certain point; a "manual" upgrade of older drivers (SATA & PCI-bridge) helped.
Good luck!

Thing is, my wife would never allow a clean install with all her settings and programs getting lost ... however much sense this might make to ME.
So: try to identify "expired" drivers...

Hi!
I just accomplished a Windows-10-Upgrade on my wife's PC although allegedly her elderly model "Sony Vaio VGN-NS11S" will NEVER be Windows-10-supported by Sony ...

Step 1:
I checked her...