When installing Windows 10, the digital key associates itself with your device's hardware. So, if you make significant changes, such as replacing your motherboard, Windows will no longer find a license that matches your computer.
This type or scam overusing the license described by Andre has been around for many years with disk based Windows as well.
I was first made aware of the scam with Win7.
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There are heaps of them on ebay. Counterfeit disks made in China. MS has a site that shows how to identify the fake disks,
and they are well done.
The OS will activate initially, then sometime down the track the system catches up and suddenly the error to the effect...
'Your Windows is not legitimate....' pops up when you boot into Windows.
By then, generally as soon as the seller has flogged off X number of copies, they de-register from ebay, and registered again with
different name, location (generally false from the start as the OS is shipped directly from China), and isp.
How do I know this ? I bought one, which was not at a price that would seem 'too good to be true', but at a decent saving.
I was fortunate to have bought one of his last copies and noticed he had de-registered a couple days later.
I started an action with ebay and PayPal straight away, and got my money back (whew!)
The boxed disk arrived in Oz from Gangzhow about three weeks later. I still have it as an example of Chinese counterfeiting ingenuity.
- I was aware Pro and Ultimate were the most commonly pirated Windows, but I was wanting a key for Home because I had cloned
my Win7 to use on a new machine.
Now I know even Home can't be trusted unless bought from an on line hardware retailer, retail shop, or directly from MS.
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