Windows 10 Home Retail – Transferable activation key

Windows 10 Home in the Retail version is the commercial variant of the consumer licence. Its difference from an OEM key is decisive: a Retail licence is not tied to the hardware. You can move it to another computer after deactivating and uninstalling the system from the old one, and a motherboard change does not cause the activation to be lost. It is the format to favour if your PC is likely to evolve or be replaced.

What the Home edition contains

• Complete system — security and feature updates via Windows Update.
• Microsoft Defender — antivirus, firewall, ransomware protection and SmartScreen.
• Windows Hello — biometric sign-in by fingerprint or face on compatible hardware.
• Gaming and multimedia — DirectX 12, Game Mode, Xbox Game Bar, Photos and Films apps.
• Transferable licence — reactivatable on a new PC, linkable to a Microsoft account to find it easily.

This edition includes neither BitLocker, nor Hyper-V, nor Windows Sandbox, nor incoming Remote Desktop, nor domain join: these functions belong to the Pro edition.

Activation

Your product key arrives by email within 24 hours maximum. After installation, open Settings > Update & Security > Activation > Change product key. Then link the licence to a Microsoft account: it will become a digital licence, reusable after a hardware change.

System requirements

1 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM in 64-bit, 32 GB of free disk space, DirectX 9-compatible graphics card with WDDM 1.0 driver, 800 x 600 display, Internet connection for activation.

Buy Windows 10 Home Retail in Switzerland

CHKEY is a Swiss company based in Lausanne: Windows 10 Retail licence bought in Switzerland, price in CHF, official invoice and support in French.