Windows 10 Pro OEM – Activation key tied to the motherboard

Windows 10 Pro under OEM licence brings to a workstation all the functions missing from the Home edition, at the lowest licence price. It is aimed at freelancers, small businesses and advanced users who need to encrypt their disk, take remote control of their machine or attach it to a domain. The OEM licence ties itself permanently to the motherboard of the PC on which it is activated: it is not transferable and a motherboard replacement ends the activation.

What the Pro edition brings

• BitLocker — full disk encryption, essential on a laptop carried around.
• Incoming Remote Desktop — connection to your PC from another workstation, a function the Home edition does not offer.
• Hyper-V — creation and running of virtual machines on the workstation.
• Windows Sandbox — an isolated and disposable environment to open a suspicious file or executable.
• Domain join and group policies — integration into an Active Directory infrastructure.
• Deferral of updates — control of the deployment schedule for feature updates.

Activation

The activation key is sent by email within 24 hours maximum. Install Windows 10 Pro, then go to Settings > Update & Security > Activation > Change product key and enter the code. Automated telephone activation remains possible.

System requirements

1 GHz or higher processor, 2 GB of RAM in 64-bit, 32 GB of disk space, DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM 1.0 driver, 800 x 600 minimum display. Hyper-V requires a processor supporting hardware virtualisation and SLAT.

Buy Windows 10 Pro in Switzerland

CHKEY is a Swiss company based in Lausanne. You buy your Windows 10 Pro licence in Switzerland, in CHF, with an invoice including Swiss VAT and customer support in French.