
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
