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Windows 10 Activation questions
Hi all,
I have a Dell laptop that came with Windows 8.1 pre installed. I upgraded to Windows 10 during Microsofts free upgrade period. Three months after upgrading to Windows 10 the laptops motherboard became faulty so Dell replaced it. Dell gave me a replacement product key to use with Windows 10. Having already used a Microsoft Account to sign into the laptop I had a digital licence linked to my Microsoft Account so Ive never had to manually type in a product key since when clean installing Windows 10.
The question I have is.. Im considering going back to using a Local account and doing a clean installation of Windows 10. If during Setup I selected to sign in with a local account (ignoring the set up with a Microsoft Account option) and bearing in mind that Dell changed the motherboard...would Windows 10 activation be no longer automatic because my Digital Certificate wouldn't be linked to my Microsoft Account anymore. I don't really want to mess about entering the product key manually again like it used to be in the old Windows days