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I am safe if I take Windows 10 from a 2014 laptop and use it to build a desktop. Right?

• fckgw 3y ago
  You're breaking the license agreement (licenses are tied to the hardware and die with the hardware) but there's no technical limitations, no.
  • animesh 3y ago
    Oh, wow. I did not somehow know that. What would entail if they were to enforce it? Do they even enforce this?
    • fckgw 3y ago
      Not for consumers. Probably a big stick over the head if you tried this in a business. Get sued if you did this at a repair shop (pretty sure there's been several cases)
  • poizan42 3y ago
    As I understand that restriction has been ruled invalid in the EU[1]. I don't know what the situation is in the US. [1] Case C-128/11. European Court of Justice. USEDSOFT GmbH vs. ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORP