Can a Win10 Home license from a compute stick be moved to other hardware?

[spyrule]

I'm looking at a local lenovo compute stick (atom based) that comes with a Win10 License, however I want this stick to use linux, but I have another PC that could use the Win 10 license.

Does anybody know if I can transfer the Win 10 Home license to other hardware?

 

[vl1969]

probably not.
most often than none this things come with OEM licensed which is tied to the hardware.
it can not be moved.

you can only reassign a retail license some times.

 

[sporker]

My understanding is that post-anniversary update, if you log in with a Microsoft account, you are able to associate your license with that account. If you then log in with the same account on a new computer, it *may* be possible to re-activate on the new hardware. Phone activation may need to be used. This probably only applies to retail licenses.

I haven't had a need to try this, so maybe someone else can chime in if they have tried it.

You can check what product channel the installed license is on by typing slmgr /dlv into an elevated command prompt and looking at the 'Product Key Channel:' line. If someone out there has one of those Lenovo stick pc's they might be able to check it for you to see what type of license is used.

 

[cesmith9999]

OEM licenses have keys embedded in the BIOS/EFI. if it works good for you.

Chris

 

[Deslok]

no they're tied to the original stick, source: I tried it to repair a busted stick late last year and it eventually deactivated it.