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Hello, I will get a Lenovo i5 11th gen Laptop, it is better than my i3 but I have a question:
I switched to a local account on April, but i was signed into a microsoft account that had my laptop activated, am i free to stay on local? will windows automatically activate my i5 without it having to ask me to troubleshoot or have me sign in to my msa in my i3 to activate my i5? will the license stay linked to my Microsoft account? I use Windows 11 Pro.
Please let me know.
If depends on what type of Windows licence you have, where did you get your Windows licence was that pre-installed on the PC or did you purchase a full retail Windows Pro licence directly from Microsoft or purchase the half price Home to Pro upgrade licence from the Store or did you purchase a full retail licence from a 3rd party retailer, and if so, do you have the product key?
it wasn't pre installed i have the official license key, i dont have the product key though after all my laptop is perm activated
If you purchased a full retail licence separately to the PC, then log into your Microsoft account online and check if you see your currently activated device listed there.
If so, when you purchase the new device, on the new device, you will need to click the Troubleshoot button on the activation settings, select 'I changed my hardware' and that process should move the Windows licence to the new device.
no im asking that if my msa has a license linked to it, but i switch to local on my i3, and sign in with my i5, will it be activated, will my msa remain linked to digital license? or do i have to sign into msa on my i3 for a while and then sign out of my ms when im done using my i5 to activate it?
If you previously logged into Windows on the old device, then that device should have become linked to your Microsoft account before you switched to a Local account, then on the new device, you will need to log into the same Microsoft account to move the licence to the new device using the troubleshoot method.
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Yes, it will remain linked to your Microsoft account But if the lisence came with your old i3 computer it might not transfer to your new computer Have a nice day!
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