Thanks to Digital Entitlement, Microsoft now gives you a digital license for your Windows 11/10, as well as other Microsoft software, that you can save to the cloud, linking it to your Microsoft Account, so that whenever you fresh install Windows, the OS will get activated automatically.
If you use a Local Account to log in, your license may not get saved online. For this, you will have to take steps to link the Windows product license to your Microsoft Account. Let us see how you can do it in Windows 11/10.
How to link Windows 11/10 Product Key to Microsoft Account
From the Start Menu, open Settings > Update and security > Activation.
When here, click on Add a Microsoft account. The following window will open.
Here you will have to log in with the Microsoft account with which you want to link the license to. If you do not have one, you can Create one.
Once you link the two together, you will see a message always displayed – Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft Account.
It might be a good idea to link the two together if you haven’t done so already.
Read: How does Windows licensing status change with changes in hardware configuration.
I am on v1607 and i dont have that option
Can i link the account with 2 different PC’s at the same time?
I dont have that option
Yes you can.
If you are already logged in with your Microsoft account, you wont see that option, as Windows would have automatically linked the license with your account.
You wont see that option if you are already logged in with your Microsoft account.
When I click on Add a Microsoft account nothing happens cant add my account
i upgrade from windows 8
so fair have seen that option unless i looked with mi noise
Updating now manually to the anniversary build
correct, its says its linked now. thanks
I go this on my PC.
windows say it cant activate windows 10, because the previous version of windows wasn’t activated. but it was. I upgraded(forced) from win7 to 10 and my previous version was active. and the product key is that of a pre-installed win7 on my hp laptop which say to go to the manufacturer. I’m trying to download a win7 iso repair disk to repair a different hard drive with win7