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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-09-01 11:48 a.m., Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 9/1/2025 8:29 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >> On 2025-08-31 3:37 p.m., pothead wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-08-31, Joel W. Crump  wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/30/2025 8:22 PM, pothead wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You're free to be a cheapskate all you want, don't judge me for doing   
   >>>> the right thing, sheesh.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's better than being a fool like you Joel.   
   >>> Why pay $200.00 for something that can be purchased legally for $20?   
   >>   
   >> The legality of those $20 licenses is up for debate.   
   >   
   > The one I have will hold up, but it isn't movable to another machine.   
      
   Then it is basically like the product keys that are tied to the   
   motherboard, allowing you to install and reinstall Windows without the   
   need to enter the product key at installation time. As far as I know,   
   they are still called OEM keys. If you don't mind buying another license   
   the moment you change computers, there is nothing wrong with them.   
   Nevertheless, I don't believe that Microsoft charges manufacturers as   
   little as $20 to put Windows on their hardware legally. That's why the   
   fact that they can be purchased for so little is sketchy to me.   
      
   >>> And seeing as you seem to have troubles with Windows and accused   
   >>> Microsoft of   
   >>> somehow disabling your license, how is that $200 "doing the right   
   >>> thing" license   
   >>> working out for you?   
   >>   
   >> Admittedly, when I used this Windows 10 license on my old MSI GT72,   
   >> the operating system would routinely deactivate the license every two   
   >> months or so. I imagine that it's because the machine came with its   
   >> own Windows 8.1 license and the Pro one I used atop it caused some   
   >> sort of conflict. Meanwhile, on this machine, the same license works   
   >> without issue. There is a possibility that Joel is right about the   
   >> license being deactivated for no reason.   
   >   
   > I have admitted long ago that alcohol was adding to confusion in that   
   > instance, that I solved the problem.   
      
   I stand by what I said. It might have actually gotten deactivated   
   through no fault of your own.   
      
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