From a comment in this thread it appears it is not possible to install Windows using such license. I don't know the issues surrounding a digital license. No valid digital license was found Digital Windows licenses The source of this How-To is an answer on and I have verified the answer - it checks out. Now that you know you have a product key, you can use the key and apply it to a VirtualBox VM. You can retrieve the key using a terminal command (fake key shown) $ sudo tail -c +56 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM This How-To is the continuation of a post elsewhere in this forum. The guide might work for earlier versions of Windows, yet only confirmed working with Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 and this article will assume Windows 10. This guide assumes you are using a system with an OEM version tied to your hardware. Microsoft has made it a priority to tie the key to the system and therefore it is stored in your systems firmware instead of a sticker which can be copied. This forum does not endorse piracy - thus this is a guide to do it legally. To continue to use Windows in VirtualBox you need a separate license. When I tried to activate my Windows with the key from the firmware - Windows responded with a message stating Very recently my Windows installation based on my firmware key began acting up. Using the firmware attached license no longer works
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