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#2596884 3-Nov-2020 10:46

cruxis:
I went to eco drop / refuse station ,Took some photos of windows 7 pro keys stickers on dumped laptops and they worked installing and activating windows 10 pro.

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#2596951 3-Nov-2020 11:31

cruxis:

I went to eco drop / refuse station ,Took some photos of windows 7 pro keys stickers on dumped laptops and they worked installing and activating windows 10 pro.

how does that work?

I thought the whole reason my thing won't activate is the reason it prompts - 'have you perhaps changed way too many components?'

doesn't there have to be some chassis that it was originally associated with like a motherboard the same?

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#2597000 3-Nov-2020 12:42

maybe they have to delete some old data to free up space?

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#2597025 3-Nov-2020 13:42

Lykho:

cruxis:

I went to eco drop / refuse station ,Took some photos of windows 7 pro keys stickers on dumped laptops and they worked installing and activating windows 10 pro.

how does that work?

I thought the whole reason my thing won't activate is the reason it prompts - 'have you perhaps changed way too many components?'

doesn't there have to be some chassis that it was originally associated with like a motherboard the same?

The license you want for maximum long term private use is the 'retail' license which AFAIK allows you to move your windows from machine to machine as you wish.

OEM licenses, especially from the big manufacturers, can tied to certain motherboard types and are a PITA if you try to move to generic hardware.

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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#2597346 4-Nov-2020 04:39

elpenguino:

The license you want for maximum long term private use is the 'retail' license which AFAIK allows you to move your windows from machine to machine as you wish.

OEM licenses, especially from the big manufacturers, can tied to certain motherboard types and are a PITA if you try to move to generic hardware.

I had to google 'PITA'

I like your spiral aloe avatar!

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