This listing is for Windows 10 Home with a Retail licence covering 1 PC. Retail is the full consumer licence, and its practical advantage over OEM is that it can be removed from one computer and activated on another, which helps if you change machines or rebuild your setup now and then.
What the Home edition offers
- The full Windows 10 interface: Start menu, live tiles, virtual desktops, Tablet mode and Task View.
- Microsoft Defender: antivirus, firewall and SmartScreen filter, updated automatically.
- Windows Hello: sign in with your face, fingerprint or a PIN.
- Microsoft Store and built-in apps such as Photos, Mail, Maps and Xbox.
- Family safety: screen-time management and web filtering for children's accounts.
- Game mode and screen recording through the Xbox Game Bar.
- OneDrive backup and File History for copies of your documents, locally or in the cloud.
Retail versus OEM
A Retail licence is transferable: deactivate it on the old PC and use it on the new one, or replace the motherboard without losing activation. An OEM licence stays tied to its original hardware. That is the only functional difference; the installed system and its features are identical.
Activation
Open Settings › Update & Security › Activation, choose Change product key and type in the key. Activation takes place online. Linking the licence to your Microsoft account makes reactivation easier after a hardware change.
System requirements
- Processor of 1 GHz or faster, 32-bit or 64-bit
- 2 GB of RAM for 64-bit, 1 GB for 32-bit
- 20 GB of free storage
- DirectX 9 graphics card with a WDDM 1.0 driver
- Display of at least 800 x 600
- Internet connection for activation and updates
Odin Key sends the key by e-mail within 24 hours of payment, with the activation steps, and an official invoice is included. Support in English by e-mail and live chat.
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