How to not allow activation of windows after installing from USB?

[James Coolen]

So I built a PC for someone and I used the usual USB process of installing windows to the new computer. However even though I selected “I don’t have a product key”, it is auto activating using I assume to be my product key from the PC I initially downloaded information onto the USB from. I do not want my license being used on this new PC, as it will not be used by me. Even if I uninstall the product key via CMD , after I hit TroubleShoot in activation settings it will just activate again. How can this be avoided?

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