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Amazon etc Cheap Windows 10 PRO Licenses --beware
Hi there
I've seen a report somewhere -- not sure exactly of the provenance of it but I can well believe it - that some of the cheap license keys for Windows 10 being offered on sites like Amazon (e.g W10 pro for around 30 EUR !!) are actually old keys from W7 / W8 / W8.1 as the update from those still works.
I'm not sure if there's any way to check if the key is an old one or legitimate new one -- but as those old keys work I'm sure there are always unscrupulous operators out there looking for a fast buck.
Discounting is not unknown but to me it seems suspicious that there would be such a huge discount on the W10 retail price.
While people report that these licenses do activate (not always but generally) I'm sure these come from dubious sources so I'd be extremely careful if you buy any of these products.
I'm surprised that Ms hasn't yet shut down the free upgrade program -- that would I think stop a lot of these "rogue keys" if indeed they are from being sold on.
Some of the old TechNet keys were VL or multi activation even if not VL and could be activated hundreds of times so I'm sure there are definitely some slick operators out there now.
Cheers
jimbo