

However, it's important to remember that this process will change your account type from local to a Microsoft account.Ĭlick the Sign in with your Microsoft account instead link.Ĭlick the Set a PIN button, or the Skip this step link to complete the process.Īfter you completed the steps mentioned above, you could remove the Microsoft account, but reverting the process will also remove the device from your account, which will undo the association. Once you know that your copy of Windows 10 is properly activated, you need to add a Microsoft account that you want to remember your product key. The Activation page should read "Windows is activated with a digital license" (or product key). To make sure that everything works, you need to make sure that Windows 10 is properly activated on your computer, you can easily do this with the following steps: How to associate your Windows 10 license to a Microsoft account Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can use OEM-specific activation tools.In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to link your product key with a Microsoft account to simplify re-activation. If you use a product key to select a Windows edition, we recommend using the same key to activate Windows, so that the edition you install is the same as the edition that you activate.


The product key used to activate Windows must match the Windows edition that you install. For more information, see the Volume Activation Planning Guide.

You can use either a single-use product key or a Volume License Multiple Activation Key. Use the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\ProductKey Unattend setting. To automatically activate Windows by using a product key, you can do one of the following: You must still provide a product key using one of the methods listed in the above list.įor information about managing Windows product keys when changing the Windows image to a higher edition, see Change the Windows Image to a Higher Edition Using DISM. If you have multiple Windows images with the same Windows edition that are stored in the same Windows image file (.wim), you can use the Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\InstallFrom\MetaData Unattend setting to differentiate between them.
