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Re: Screaming Into The V

From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Dumas Walker on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026

Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

Somewhat OT but not too long ago I bought an SBC that came with Win10 preinstalled. I was not planning to use Windows so I didn't try activating it but I did wonder... it came preinstalled but, unlike the
old days where there was a license number sticker on a book or the side
of the side of the case, there didn't appear to be one anywhere in the documentation I received with it.

Made me wonder what would have happened if I had tried to activate it,
or if for some reason I ever need the serial number for some other
reason.

A lot of them have a partition with the license info on there, so if
you re-install, it automatically pulls up the correct license key.

Several jobs ago, we bought PCs that were pre-installed with Windows 7.
We'd reimage them with our image, meaning the OEM licenses were
uninstalled. I used those on other systems as needed, as we had
hundreds of OEM license stickers on campus.

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