VictorBun

yeah the key is stored in the firmware, so it’s an oem.

a bit late but: how would i determine if my windows key is retail or OEM?

You sure I can’t just enter in the key when I get to the activation screen during setup?

Yeah definitely, like server hosting.

It’s mostly the game support I’m missing from windows (despite linux gaming getting somewhat better) and the familiarity of it, linux is a very good platform, it’s free and robust and is perfectly fine for many, but it personally isn’t for me, at least right now. I may try linux again in the future though.

Hi, I have been using linux for a couple of months now and I have decided it’s not really for me (not saying it’s bad though), and I want to switch to windows 10 and I want to activate it with a windows 7 key that came with my pre-built PC (the PC is like 6-8 years old and I’ve put a new GPU and PSU in it semi recently, CPU is still somewhat decent, at least for my standards) which i recently discovered using the linux terminal (sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM). I’ve heard that windows 7 keys still work for windows 10 and I was wondering if the switch to linux has affected the process and has voided the key.