a lot of branded puters do not need a key as long as the OS is
installed on the branded HW.
that said I thought the little external sticker was mandatory even
though the key on it NEVER is the same as installed.
isn't the rumor that w9 will not have a key available to the end user ?
fp
At 04:32 PM 7/17/2014, DSinc Poked the stick with:
A bit of thread continuation about the OB new PC saga.................. ;)
OK, OB has rcvd his new Lenovo PC. He is jazzed and is thrashing
around trying to find a VGA
cable to light his Dell monitor. Yes, he used to use a DVI cable,
but that will not happen
until he swaps in his old nVidia GT630 card from the dead PC. His
new Lenovo does not have a
'default' DVI connector. Odd.
Worse he tells me he did NOT recieve a Windows 8.1 dvd+product key. OK, maybe
Lenovo builds PC the same way Dell does and uses some 'master' glop of Windows
sw. The notes he found tell him that everything he will ever need
has been recorded in a
(please pick a name) partition on his 1TB EM HD-Oh! Please see the
User manual for
recovery procedures, if necessary. Perhaps this how brand new PCs
are now done, but,
I am sadly disappointed; AND, the damn PC came from _Mexico_ to
boot. I'll hope it was just
a Lenovo warehouse, and, not a 'build' center.
I wait OB's call in the AM when he powers it on for the 1st time.
Best,
Duncan
Date: Thursday, July 17th, 2014
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