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Where to find the Windows 10 license key on the surface book?
Where can one find the key of the installed windows 10 operating system on the surface book?
I tried to find it on the case and asked google but couldn't find an answer.
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Windows 10 digital license
I'm not sure wheter this question belongs here but here it is..
I have a laptop upgraded from windows 8.1 to windows 10 with account X. Windows activation says that my windows is activated with a ...
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How to reinstall and reactivate Windows 10 with an OEM license
I have bought a Lenovo IdeaPad 310 which came preinstalled with Windows 10 Home, but also came with loads of junk on it which I would like to properly clean by reinstalling Windows. I anyway have a ...
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Is it possible to use a Windows 10 product key to activate a Windows 7 installation?
This question is the opposite of the problem that most people have, and I haven't found a good answer for it yet.
My company has custom hardware configurations on shipped systems, and we are ...
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How can I recover the activation key of a damaged, non-booting Windows 10?
Note: it is a legal company machine. Unfortunately, my co-worker responsible for the keys isn't reachable any more. But I (representing my employer) am legal user of the keys in that currently non-...
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With two seperate licences, can I switch from Windows 10 to 7 and back to 10 again?
I have two valid licence keys for Windows:
Key A - originally Windows 7, but upgraded to Windows 10
Key B - not yet activated for Windows 7
I'm running Windows 10 with key A now.
My plan is to ...
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Is it possible to transfer an OEM Windows 10 license?
I want to change the drive on my laptop to an SSD. I use Windows 10, and I have two options :
clone the HDD to an SSD
install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the new drive
Since I would like to use ...
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Windows activition after boot drive change
Recently I have bought a new SSD , I'm trying to boot from that SSD I had the installation disk of a legit version of Windows 7 that I upgraded from to Windows 10 but unfortunately the sticker with ...
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Windows 10 - Digital license after PC format
So I have this laptop that had Windows 7 original and I updated to Windows 10, so I got a digital key. Since 2 weeks ago my PC got infected and I formatted but I wasn't smart enough to see which ...
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Where is Windows 10 activation key?
So, I'm having big trouble trying to fix my friend's computer.
She stopped a Window's update shutting down the computer (I know, it hurts just to read).
Now the PC is not booting. I tried everything ...
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how to copy, persist or save the license key for Windows 10?
Not normally a Windows user, but am considering purchasing a brand new desktop PC with Windows.
Is it even possible to note a license key for future use with Windows 10?
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CLIPUP.EXE : What will happen after accidental execution?
I came across clip.exe which was a cli tool for capturing text from the command prompt into the windows clipboard.
I wanted to see if there was any other similar tool (eg to print the clipboard text ...
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How to install Win10 on a new SSD if I have upgraded from Windows 8?
I have an oldish laptop HP ProBook 4545s.
I have a license label for Windows 8 on it.
Since a long time ago, I have used free upgrade option to Windows 10.
I intend to replace the HDD with an SSD ...
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Fresh Windows-10 Install
A Windows-7 laptop was upgraded to Windows-10 during the Microsoft free upgrade period when they were nudging users to migrate away from 7 to 10.
The system is sluggish and crash prone: I would like ...
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Reinstalling windows 10 free upgrade, which key should i use [duplicate]
Hello my parents updated their laptop with Windows 7 to Windows 10, apparently by mistake. Since they do it themselves, I did not see the terms of conditions nor any information displayed before the ...
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