Windows 10 Partition and Licence question

NavyLCDR · 27 Dec 2018

meridius said:

ShowKeyPlus Update

I went through ShowKeyPlus on two laptops. To my surprise both have the same installed key but different last three numbers on the Product ID.

If I reinstall Windows on the same laptops with new HDDs I guess I will have no problem (unless Microsoft recognises duplicate licences).

If for example I bought two new laptops with DOS at the same time and installed Windows 10 Pro (my version) with the same installed key (license key) as in my current laptops, either in sequence or a few days or weeks apart, would I run into problems with Microsoft licensing?

And that product key is probably VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

meridius · 27 Dec 2018

Santa was a little late this year because his Reindeer were not fed enough but he just came outside the house and threw in a photocopy of this with a mince pie that's gone off...

Generic Product Keys to Install Windows 10 Editions

Kari · 27 Dec 2018

meridius said:

Most people won't read licensing terms unless this is made crystal clear to them in large font during installation which it obviously wasn't.

What an absolutely idiotic, stupid thing to say!

"Most people won't read criminal law. Therefore, stealing is OK."

meridius said:

If you want to be honest about the problem there are many people using activators who can't afford the price of Windows operating systems. This even happens in state institutions in third world countries. So having a fixed point of view about this doesn't really help anyone.

Another stupid thing to say.

"Some people cannot afford to buy a car, therefore it is OK for them to steal one".

meridius · 27 Dec 2018

I went through ShowKeyPlus on two laptops. To my surprise both have the same installed key but different last three numbers on the Product ID.

Please explain.

I'm sensing a type of Spanish Inquisition reply here which isn't useful for anyone.

Does Microsoft actually know what is going on? What was the original license key of the computers? What were they upgraded to - was it a clean install or an upgrade? How is a standard user supposed to understand any of this with the free upgrade offer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 where the license key situation was made so unclear.

Can anyone actually track what I have done from the 'evidence' I have supplied? Did I use two Windows 7 licenses that were upgraded to Windows 10 on two computers or not? Because I can't remember anything and I was hoping some software would shed some light on this. Unless of course it's a crime to forget what you have done some time ago.

I'm getting the drift that some of these criticisms are made without establishing any facts that can only be established by an analysis of one's own licensing situation which ShowKeyPlus didn't give me.

Until this is done in most countries the person is innocent until the evidence proves them guilty.

And that product key is probably VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T

So this is a generic product key which should have been spotted first before some decided on a trigger happy response to this post.

If Microsoft have activated both my computers as far as I am concerned I have done nothing wrong.