Windows 10 OEM activation

My brother just send me Dell Laptop from Canada with Windows 10 1809 Home (OEM Activated), I wanna install a fresh copy of Windows 10 1803 Pro which I download from Microsoft site.
will my windows 10 1803 activated if I install a fresh copy here in my country without providing his Microsoft account credentials? I'm asking this after reading this:
"Windows 10 license now ties Windows keys to Microsoft accounts, letting you activate a copy of the operating system simply by logging in with valid online credentials."
in this article.
https://www.techspot.com/guides/1760-find-your-windows-product-key/

thanks
 
If he is giving you his laptop to keep, sure you can do a full format, reinstall windows 10 from a usb stick.
I don't think microsoft will care much or be touchy about canadian owned computers being sent over to usa users to use after being bought legally.
If your brother sent you his laptop to fix it and send it back.

Do samething and activate it normally and you should be fine.
I don't know what mark turner is smoking these days but this is much more quicker.
https://www.wintools.info/Download/winkey.exe
Be sure to save the product key to a txt file and email it to yourself for private use for that laptop only.
 
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