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Hi everyone, I work at a starting up computer repair shop. What is a good drive cloning program? People often ask to upgrade to a SSD. The cloning software needs to leave the original drive unchanged for safety reasons and resize the partition on the new drive only since often people don't need a 1 TB or 2 TB SSD to fit all their data on a 256 GB or 500 GB SSD. We'd also like a license that can be used by a business and not cost a fortune. Any suggestions?
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Hi, I got my new PC in a few days ago and I want to know a few thing of the MSA and digital license. My digital license is linked to my MSA and is on the old pc, if I do a fresh install on it and use a different MSA during setup will the license still be on the old system cause that is what I want. If not then how can I do that cause that would be optimal for me in my current situation.
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Good Morning, I'm a newish IT guy located in the UK, the handover from the old guy was a booklet with nearly no useful info apart some password half of which were wrong, and i'm currently trying to figure out where our office 365 licenses are coming from, as atm when i install it i say grab from the web and it all works, but now a computer has lost its license and its not offering the grab from web option and just wants a straight up code, so i need to know where it's "grabbing over internet" from so i can put in a direct code
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Hi, guys so my company had purcisted an adobe license and it expired and my company thinks that buying adobe subscription is stupid so they wont buy it. So I need your help. I tried to open it and it just won‘t open. I will add photos but as for now I‘m waiting for ideas. Thanks.
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This Post from Reddit on r/SysAdmin details how TeamViewer Allegedly charged them for “Future Uses” which is just wrong, if true. The Comments on the Reddit Thread are others talking about how Linus had issues originally with TeamViewer as well. Also how he had to deal with them again. Here is some of the text from the original post; Letter Received from the Collection Agency Original FB Post Screenshot: Link to the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thisisanitsupportgroup/permalink/3397136133865576/ The Post on Reddit
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Hello, I currently own a Windows 7 Home OEM license that was updated to Windows 10 Home few years ago. When I was upgrading my computer (including motherboard) I managed to transfer my license and didn't have to buy a new one. On the Microsoft help chat I said my previous motherboard was damaged and they helped me move my license even though it was OEM. Now I'm planning to buy a laptop and I won't need my PC anymore. I was wondering if I could somehow buy a laptop without OS and transfer my license again and then update it to Windows 11 Home. Anyone knows the answer?
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The comp I'm building I want to keep using #10 but will Windows BLOCK using #10? What is the DEATH DATE for support/drivers for #10? Does anyone have a list of things that will blow my mind that #11 does better than #10 or improves over #10?? I find change as exciting as being diagnosed with eyeball, brain, and penis cancer at the same time.
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Summary After the German license reseller "Lizengo" was busted for selling illegibly obtained keys (Source German), the German department of justice targets now buyer of those keys. They obtained buyers information's and opened criminal cases in "a low five digit's range" according to golem.de. This seems to target mainly buyer who brought keys for unreasonably low prices. In a small number of cases, the German department of justice also seem to be conducting house searches when initial investigations were not promising enough. Under German law, obtaining a software key and not holding a License for it, is punishable for a private person with no intend to reselling up to 3 years in Prison. Quotes My thoughts I think this whole case is very clever from Microsoft as MS does not directly sues everyone who does use a dirt cheap key, but relies on the German law that enforces the law agencies to procecute everyone who is known to have broken a federal law. It again shows that all those keys that are "to cheap to be real" arent. Sources Windows und Office: Tausende Verfahren wegen unseriöser Microsoft-Lizenzen - Golem.de Hausdurchsuchungen wegen günstiger Microsoft Product Keys - 100.000 Verfahren gegen Lizenzgo-Käufer! - YouTube
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Hello, I'm a bit new. Though, one reason why I wanted to make this account was to ask around about this with proper sources, as it was usually in the back of my mind when it comes to specific court cases such as the usedsoft vs. oracle ruling, and recently (after finding some info from here) one referring to the Australia ruling involving Steam. At some point I found a huge thread involving ownership and software, and heard at times that companies cannot truly revoke your 'license' to use lawful software you lawfully received. But I have a lot of trouble figuring out if this is true or not. There was for example an Australia ruling that I found through that thread referring to 'goods' provided by Steam and that customers who bought lawful software owns it. Though when I attempted to read the ruling, I have trouble with paragraph 143, through (especially 148) 155 I think, which confuses me, making wonder if any goods "purchased" from Steam has true unlimited access protected by law, or it was stating that the company taking the license away would make the use illegal. Could someone who's good at understanding this ruling explain this to me? Anyway, the main question is this: What if a license agreement in case it's enforceable were to say that such license is revocable at will, or anything else that leads to that? This makes me wonder if "unlimited use" or "perpetual" licenses can be conflicted with things like this. If such terms of the terms cannot be enforced, then I would really love many court examples provided making it clear for many of the countries (especially Europe, and Australia). A lot of people usually say that any "revocable at will" licenses can be revoked. I usually have this question for many forms of physical or digital software. Strangely, I for now care about physical products in case some countries could somehow enforce certain license agreements for them. I did heard in the US, and in at least one other country that shrink-wrap licenses can be enforceable sometimes. ________ I apologize if this is the wrong area to post this thread.
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Dear users. I am planning to upgrade my PC's Motherboard, CPU and RAM, keeping my Graphics Card and hard drives (and case and psu). I originally got the PC 6 years ago pre built , including a windows installation (win8.1 at that time I believe but obviously I upgraded to win10 as soon as it was possible and free). Now I'm not sure what to do with windows when I upgrade to my new hardware and want to keep my current installation. I read somewhere that it should work without any problems but that still leaves me with the question if I can transfer my license to the new hardware and wether I should remove the key from my current mobo if I plan to sell it or build it into another PC. I have already ordered the components which I considered a reasonable upgrade within my budget. (See below) If you guys have done this before or have any tips to make this progress as smoothly as possible I'd be very thankful. Greetings from Germany, Philipp Current specs: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 CPU: AMD FX-6300 RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (apparently nameless) Graphics: Radeon R9 380 Hard drives: Boot drive (Crucible 250GB MX500), Steam Drive (Toshiba 1000GB DT01ACA100) Planned upgrade: Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz G.Skill Ripjaws V Graphics: (see above) Hard drives: (see above)
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I'm thinking of buying a cheap laptop from a charity shop but it dosent come with any OS. How hard would it be to install Windows 10 and how would I actually do it? Also do you need to pay for a Windows licence? Thanks
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Hey guys i was wondering what license should i get so i could always transfer it to other computer and also is ESD transferable?
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I purchased Windows Home OEM about 4 years ago and have been using it on my system since then. I want to change my cpu, gpu, motherboard and ram (pretty much a complete new system). I'll keep my hdd and ssd as they are. Is there any way I can reuse my current windows license on this new build? I read some stuff about you being able to link it to your Microsoft account and "transfer" it to a new system, but it was slightly confusing. Also, say I wanted to do a completely new windows install on this new system, could I do that or would I run into problems?
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Hi guys, I want to fully format my 2nd hand Dell G7 laptop, including deleting all the partition. The only concern I have is my Windows 10 license. I am unsure whether this will affect my Windows 10 license as a friend of mine told me that upon reformatting, I can delete all the partition except for the System Reserved as this partition holds the activation key for my OS license. I want to know if this is true or not? And if I delete all the partition, what are the possible scenarios that I may experience with the Windows 10 license? Will it be activated again? I've read on some threads that I can link my Microsoft Account to my OS license, but I want to use local login on my laptop and not MS account. I am fully aware that upon deleting all partition, Dell factory image and support will also be deleted. I have attached some images of the activation settings and the partitions on my laptop. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
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Hi. Recently i just got a new computer with a unactivated windows 10 Pro. But my old computer have a genuine copy of window. So. I want to transfer the license to my new computer. I already try some method but it didn't work like run "slmgr.vbs /upk" on administrator command prompt. But after I uninstall the product key I put this product key to my new computer. But it's said the key is invalid.. Anyone got some solution for me? That will be great! Thanks for reading anyway
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Hello guys, so i upgraded my Motherboard/Cpu/SSD and i downloaded Windows 10 using the Media Creation Tool but unfortunately the Watermark on the bottom right corner is annoying and since all my money went to the upgrade i cant buy a Windows license from the Windows store,so i am aksing you guys:Is it safe to buy Windows 10 from Ebay(or kinguin,g2a etc) for 5-10 euros?Will it work or it will get blacklisted ina few days/months?Also if it gets blacklisted does that i will have to reinstall Windows or i can just buy another Windows key for 5 euros?Thank you
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Hey guys, I'll be upgrading my computer with a brand new hardware, but I'm fuzzed over the pricing of Windows 10 license. Where do you guys buy your license? Any tips would be appreciated. Thx
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Hi guys. I just spent $150 on Win10 Home license because apparently my Education Edition expired and Windows 10 Edu is not built nor supported by Microsoft (I know, not true, just what µSoft told me to get me to hang up). Anyways, I am going to be working on some more sensitive stuff so I should have an isolated machine. If I were to dual boot 2 Win10's, could they share a key? I heard somewhere the key is stored in the MoBo, which they would share?
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I'm looking a build a slightly older server using dual Xeon 6 core 3ghz on a 1366 board. 64gb ram. Found a great deal I'm new to the idea of Virtual machines and don't know if it's my best route to go. I will need 4 work areas all with the same software nothing crazy powerful needed. Older p4's and mini atoms will run the software. I have my choice of windows keys or linux keys. I'm trying to circumvent buying 4 copies of all the software I need. Would vms be the way to go? I have server 03,08,12 as well as windows 3.1 - 10 and a hand full of license keys for them all. Unless VM or clients require special license. Do they? Sorry I'm not new to PC's I'm just new to server software... I have some for hosting webpages and email and storage, but I paid to have them setup years ago.
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So Microsoft support is useless. I RMA'd my mobo cause something was wrong with it, and now Windows has been deactivated and I can't get it activated again. Microsoft support didn't help, nor did troubleshooting, nor did anything on their community forums etc. I don't want to reinstall Windows but I have no idea what to do to activate it again, it just doesn't work. The mobo I RMA'd is an Asrock AB350 Pro 4, trying to use Windows 10 oof
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Hello everyone, I need a Windows 10 license for my notebook (right now it's not activated) and I was wondering where I can find one for cheap. In my mind there's still lingering the old news about people on G2A and similar sites selling already-owned keys, so I'm a bit skeptical about those sites... What options do I have? Thanks for your time ^^
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Hi people, I shall make a very long story short. I am planning on changing hardware and would like to keep the validness of my Windows 10 Pro 64 key. But I'm running into some problems with that. History and problem description: Have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 installed (retail, legal version) Upgrade to free Windows 10 Pro 64 with local account 8 months later: have to change motherboard, old one is faulty Thought I could re-activate windows after MoBo change, but was a no-go Let it manually activate by remote access from Microsoft employee (help desk) Problems solved, valid version of Windows 10 Pro 64 (says so in settings panel) Arrive at today Want to install new hardware (CPU, MoBo, RAM) Want to prevent previous situation, so I try to go to settings and log in with to Microsoft account (key bound to account) instead of local account Wont let me, the hyperlink(?) saying "Sign in with Microsoft account" is non-responsive, nothing happens Contact Microsoft support Try to validate key, unsuccesful Turns out that this key is not valid (used for 13 times, blocked license or whatever) Employee suggest that I buy a new key What happened here? I start using legal, purchased retail Windows products (not pirated etc.), and I get back-stabbed by them saying that this one is invalid and that I have to 'just buy' another retail key (±€125,-). Anyway, my real question is, how can I retain the current activated Windows key? Without running into the previously mentioned problems. I am also planning on a clean install of Windows after the changes. Thanks in advance, jb
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First of all, hello. Any help would be appreciated, since i'm lost in space here. I got a laptop here, an Acer Extensa 5635z, which is a fairly old laptop. The original owner gave the laptop to one of his neighbours to fix it, exactly what happened back then, i can't know. Here's the trick, the laptop came with an original licensed windows 7 home edition on it. And now there's a windows 8, not sure if original. Is there any way i can recover the original windows license? Google searches didn't help me on this one and i really don't know what to do from here. Again, thanks for any help. I'll give any additional info if needed.