getting win7 VM working licenses etc

[yreb-qusw]

forgive me , if this seems off topic. but, somehow I need to have a
working version of windows that doesn't require me to reboot preferably.
And i've been looking around, for this answer , but maybe someone else
here might know:

I have a windows 7 license that came preinstalled on an old desktop, I
then used that license on a laptop reinstall, for win7, I then
upgraded and have been using win10 on the laptop, is the original
win7 license likely now invalid? as it was upgraded to win10 which
uses a different system?

Because I guess I need win7 to use in a Qubes VM ; and further, the
win10 is still installed on the 1st partitions of the laptop, though I
am at a loss how to boot it, as you can see in my other post.

If I can't dual boot the win10 with Qubes on this InsydeH20 Bios , I
may have to go reinstall win10 and not use Qubes on the laptop , hmmm

[Unman]

In the arcane world of Windows licensing, the Windows7 on your laptop
was almost certainly not licensed, and therefore your Windows10 isnt
either.
Even if it had been licensed properly, it now wouldnt be.

This doesnt mean that you might not be able to install 7 and pass online
licensing.

[yreb-qusw]

thx, so what I am afraid of , is say, I "edit GRUB" and do get the win10
(that was already installed before Qubes) working correctly, since the
win10 upgrade was based on the original win7 license (from an old
desktop), then If I were to go and download a win7.iso (which seems to
require the original code before allowing download), to install in a
Qubes VM, THEN, that would invalidate the currently installed win10 on
the other partition, if you follow ?

I may not be allowed to have win7 in a Qubes VM and win10 on a
partition on the same laptop that trace back to the same original
license ? :)

[cooloutac]

I don't think so. But call Microsoft to double check. Go to live chat. They might transfer the license to the vm, worth a try to ask.