Microsoft → Re: Windows 10 activation code

Well, it runs fine - for whatever that is worth!

It is only meant to access the Internet - nothing else, no programs will be installed. Nothing should be downloaded either.

As below, if an OEM license only costs $20, then it should be covered in the price. As for the word “support” in the listing, that does look strange - but I am not sure what it means. How are they going to support an unlicensed program?

And the word “support” comes later in the sentence:

Mini PC Fanless Intel Atom Z8350 2GB DDR3 32GB eMMC Mini Computer with *Windows 10 Pro* Mini Desktop PC *Support* 4K HD, 2.4G/5G WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, Gigabit Ethernet

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>>It is only meant to access the Internet - nothing else, no programs will be installed. Nothing should be downloaded either.

Ahhhh...sorry...I missed that--I use Win7/Pro myself...


It's very cute...'-}}

I read that as it *Supports 4K* graphics.

Overall, if it came with Windows 10 Pro, and without a key-sticker, it wasn't a legitimate license for it..

Stickers are a thing of the past, they're no longer put on machines

For the most part.

Smaller OEMs still get stickers, ones that don't brand their own motherboards.. I've seen Windows 10 key stickers..

NZXT is one example.

Other system integrators don't, even off the shelf retail boards get the embedded key per the oem agreement. I've seen these systems in person. No more stickers.

They allow you to build fully custom systems with off the shelf parts, nothing proprietary about them, not even the case.

May depend on the motherboard brand..

The key stickers are not common, but they do exist.

The systems that have embedded keys usually still have the little square Windows sticker though.

Are you talking about the Windows badge OEMs usually stick on next to the Intel Inside badges? If so, that doesn't really mean anything. Anyone can buy those stickers on eBay.

»www.ebay.com/itm/3725066 ··· os-_osxf

I agree, but if a new system has one, I expect it to have an embedded key, otherwise manufacturing defect.