Yes. If you laptop or PC came with Win 8.x/10 preinstalled, there's no key.
It's in the UEFI or BIOS, embedded.
> checked against the server hash to make sure the motherboard has not been
changed when it would be a new computer.
This is true. If you change too much about your computer more than 4 times,
Windows locks up and won't run.
There's no product key or license key with new OEM preinstalled Windows
systems that is known to the user. There are programs that generate a key
based on the BIOS string but it's of no use even if you get it. There's no
sticker. It's a string in the BIOS that the installer is looking for.
I would guess yes, so if you are better off steering way clear of anything
windows especially anything new and modern...
The so-called license on new Windows computers with it pre-installed store
the key in the BIOS so people could not sell the license key after they get a
new computer. However buying it at retail will not do this unless the Windows
installer uses some (even worse) toxic magic.
The BIOS is
The notebook that came with windows 8 has no license key? In the bios there
is windows data and the installation verifies that. Then windows knows that
windows has been paid for? And it can activate windows 8 without internet?
If you activate windows, doesn't windows put data on the mainboard,
I don't think it's anything that was added by Windows. The BIOS string is
there because the manufacturer (OEM) added it there. All BIOS flash ROMs from
the OEM are likely to add that string back if it was there in the first
place. You'd need a completely free BIOS ROM (LibreBoot).
Retail
Can't you just flash the bios to get rid of anything windows added?
