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Re:Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windo... by omtose on Friday August 14, 2015 @08:01AM (#10059674)
>According to this, the answer is yes.

But how? Since you don't have the actual key, how does it work?

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Re:Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windo... by nly on Friday August 14, 2015 @08:49AM (#10059826)
You can extract the new product key from the upgraded install.
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Re:Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windo... by silvestre on Friday August 14, 2015 @09:10AM (#10059918)
No, you can't: All upgraded Windows 10 installs have exactly the same key.
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Re:Microsoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windo... by eli on Friday August 14, 2015 @08:18AM (#10059722)
I'd assume you'd have to call the 800 number
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