Comment on My writing laptop just died
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours agoThere’s a non-zero chance the license is stored on the motherboard of the laptop (ie, embedded in BIOS).
Comment on My writing laptop just died
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours agoThere’s a non-zero chance the license is stored on the motherboard of the laptop (ie, embedded in BIOS).
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
It’s nearly certain. OEM activation has been stored on the motherboard since XP. XP-7 required a matching OEM cert (easily found online), while 8+ have a unique license in the BIOS. For these, you just reinstall the OS, skip the key during setup, and let it connect afterwards for all of the updates and whatnot.
Now, licenses to other apps, such as Word, are not so simple.