How did the devices obtain the rights to Windows 10? Are the devices licensed for Windows 10 in your current Microsoft VL agreement or were they part of the free upgrade period? I suspect the answer is no it's not legal, although it could be argued they have already been upgraded to Win 10 within the 1 year window, so yes it's OK to re-install the same OS. Q: Can we legally install and activate the OEM version of Win10 on this hardware to dispose of it with a recent version of Windows on it? Like many others on this forum I am of the view that it's important to know what is legal not what is possible. We have been running Win 10 on that hardware for somewhere near 2 years now, legally using campus agreements but we have not used the key which came with the devices to upgrade. Many of our in house hardware came with a Windows 7,8 or 8.1 licenceĢ. Would you like Chris (Microsoft) to tell you this, so you have something from an actual MS rep?ġ. What, specifically, are you looking for here? The free upgrade ended over a year ago. How would you suggest I get an official answer on this? I can't find any mention of this specifically in the documentation and our rep doesn't seem to get it. Remember, activation and licensing are completely different things. There just isn't anyone in licensing trying to actively stop you (no cop trying to pull you over). Nobody in MS licensing is saying it's okay. Well technically, it's like I know the law says I'm not to speed but there is a law enforcement officer saying it's ok. I know the speed limit, it's my decision to pay attention to it or to ignore it.
And I certainly won't blame the police for not creating streets and cars that don't let me speed.
And I know if I get caught at it it's my own fault. I can get away with speeding, too, but I know it's not right.
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