On 21/12/2018 11:58, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I read that with Windows 10 the license is tied to the machine and that you can replace the hard disk with no issues, automatically
This is not the complete truth. In _some_ machines, the Windows product key is in embedded in the UEFI firmware. On such machines, Win10 can read it, install and activate itself without intervention. However this is not not universal. It does not work on all UEFI machines, all vendors, etc. It does not work at all on BIOS machines. Some modern motherboards do not support it.
(and that disk would not work on a different machine).
If you mean moving the disk and have the Windows install on it boot and run without issue: no, it won't work, but it never did on old versions either, not since XP (the first version with product activation). If the hardware is identical or nearly so, it may boot but will deactivate itself. If the hardware is not near-identical, it won't boot. -- Liam Proven - Technical Writer, SUSE Linux s.r.o. Corso II, Křižíkova 148/34, 186-00 Praha 8 - Karlín, Czechia Email: lproven@suse.com - Office telephone: +420 284 241 084 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org