![]() OEM licenses are tied to the very first computer you install and activate it on OEM versions do not offer any free Microsoft direct support from Microsoft support personnel OEM versions of Windows are identical to Full License Retail versions except for the following: Expensive, but cheaper than full version require a previous qualifying version of Windows. ![]() Doesn't require a previous qualifying version of Windows. Includes transfer rights to another computer. If you upgrade from a OEM version, it carries the rights of a OEM version. If you upgrade from a retail version, it carries the rights of a retail version. ![]() Because the free upgrade is derived from the base qualifying license, Windows 10 will carry that licensing If you upgrade from a OEM or retail version of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 to the free Windows 10 upgrade this summer, the license is consumed into it. When I upgrade a preinstalled (OEM) or retail version of Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 license to Windows 10, does that license remain OEM or become a retail license?
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