Then why does Microsoft even bother with OEM licenses? There are a bunch of threads asking about the ability to transfer licenses to new computers and the stock answer is, "It depends on if your license is OEM or Retail." So the answer now should be, "If your license is OEM, then just change the product key to the generic Windows 10 retail product key for your edition of Windows 10 and it will convert to a retail license that you can transfer?"
Using a generic key is only used to install or upgrade to the edition of Windows 10 you wanted. It will not activate Windows 10 that the digital license is based on.
Using a generic key will not allow you to transfer an OEM license to another computer.
I don't believe you can use the Activation troubleshooter to reactivate an OEM Windows 10 after say changing the motherboard.
Use Activation Troubleshooter in Windows 10
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Imo the grey area is with previous Windows (7/8/8.1) which upgrade for free rather than PCs purchased with Windows 10. These may be OEM originally but on upgrade become Retail licenses & we don’t know which is correct - will these licenses be transferable or not.
I would expect a PC which comes with Windows 10 OEM will remain an OEM after updating builds, same with a PC with Windows 10 retail installed.
Well, is there a possibility that this command "slmgr -dli" will be displayed in a txt file? I appreciate suggestions to those who make it available, thank you.
Right-click on the Start button--> Windows PowerShell.
Run the following command:
CMD /C "CScript %WinDir%\System32\slmgr.vbs /dli > C:\License_Status.txt"
The output will be written into this file "C:\License_Status.txt".
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