I would like to move the Windows 7 license that I’ve installed on a virtual machine to a real machine. Of course, deactivating the virtual machine.
Is it possible? If yes, how can I do so?
Thanks
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I would like to move the Windows 7 license that I’ve installed on a virtual machine to a real machine. Of course, deactivating the virtual machine.
Is it possible? If yes, how can I do so?
Thanks
If it is an OEM licence as in it was on your pc when you bought it, legally no, although it is possible, if you phoned up Microsoft and told them your motherboard had died and you had to have it replaced with another that’s why you need to re activate your OEM licence it would work, if that was what happened, but its not legit if your motherboard didn’t die, but its probably more legit that cracking it, that certainly isn’t legal. If its a licence you bought by itself, just install it on the second pc, when you activate it, it will de active the other one. By the way, I take it you have the licence key ?, if you do just install it on the other one and type it in.
Another option is to just image the virtual machine over the top of the physical machine, e.g take a copy of it with something like clonezilla, then restore the disk image to the physical machine, this will most probably deactivate the key, but just re activate it when it prompts you using the usual activation method.