Was it a retail boxed copy, or did it come bundled with the hardware (OEM)?

I downloaded it when i had a Microsoft Developer licence a long time ago so no, not OEM.

It'll work fine. The dev licences work on 10 machines, if I recall correctly.

Yeah it'll prob work without a hassle, and even allow upgrade to 10/11.

xpd:

Yeah it'll prob work without a hassle, and even allow upgrade to 10/11.

 

I have done that on a couple of machines but unfortunately the machine in question won't run Win 10.

I tried it on the dead PC and they are identical HP workstations. Really bugs me that I can't because there is no reason to stop using it, plenty quick enough, hugely upgradeable hardware wise but doesn't have the necessary security features as far as I can work out.

Behodar:

 

It'll work fine. The dev licences work on 10 machines, if I recall correctly.

 

I seem to remember you're correct. It was quite a while ago that i had it.

nztim: Depends if that other Pc supports Bios Boot Mode

older PCs use UFEI boot mode and won’t run older operating systems

Other way around :)

BIOS is the old one and (U)EFI is the new one.

SJB:

 

I downloaded it when i had a Microsoft Developer licence a long time ago so no, not OEM.

 

Any product keys from MSDN / Visual Studio are only allowed to be used while you hold a valid MSDN (Visual Studio) licence / subscription and are meant to be removed once that's no longer the case.

Looks like this has changed since the last time I read the agreement and you're good to keep using it. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/subscriptions/subscription-expiration 

Andib:

 

Any product keys from MSDN / Visual Studio are only allowed to be used while you hold a valid MSDN (Visual Studio) licence / subscription and are meant to be removed once that's no longer the case.

 

[citation needed]

I've only skimmed the MSDN agreement (it's too early to read something like that at this hour!) but didn't see anything indicating that.

Behodar:

 

[citation needed]

 

I've only skimmed the MSDN agreement (it's too early to read something like that at this hour!) but didn't see anything indicating that.

 

You're correct, Looks like it's been updated since the last time I read the agreement (admittedly it's been a while)

Behodar:

 

nztim: Depends if that other Pc supports Bios Boot Mode

older PCs use UFEI boot mode and won’t run older operating systems

 

Other way around :)

 

BIOS is the old one and (U)EFI is the new one.

 

Late night typo on my mobile, should have read, New PCs use UFEI boot mode and won't run older operating systems

nztim:

xpd:

 

Yeah it'll prob work without a hassle, and even allow upgrade to 10/11.

 

You do know a Win7 home/pro product key will activate a windows 10/11 home/pro :)

Since Windows 7 onwards Microsoft have bot bothered to charge for upgrades if you have a license for the OS (7 or above) future OS releases are yours

Yes but some people prefer the "upgrade" method. :)

Don't ask why, I just come across it often.......  "I factory restored my system then upgraded to 10"