My little nephew's laptop is full of malware as he clicks on most everythig w/ no concern. It's a Win8 w/ that upgrade to Win10. He can't do much, not even connect to the internet.

My new build has a Win10 USB stick.
I'd like to wipe his drive and install w/ my Win10 stick but enter his Win keycode.

Am I going to run into a problem doing that? I think I have Malwarebytes on his comp. but the little bugger doesn't keep anything up to date, so if I can't get online, I can't update it. And frankly, I'd like to start fresh.

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I'd like to wipe his drive and install w/ my Win10 stick but enter his Win keycode.

Yes, you can do that.

As long as your winstick is the same version as his it won't be a problem. If yours is 10 Pro and his 10 Home, his key won't work.

Ok, thanks.

I guess he won't have a product key. found this:

"You upgraded to Windows 10 for free from an eligible device running a genuine copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1."
=Digital license

I'm not sure how that works.

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Originally posted by Tavman:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how...product-key-3632749/

Cool, thanks Tavman. I'll give that a try tomorrow.

I use this free utility to grab the keys. Even easier than the windows method.
https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/