[tech] (no subject)

Michael Deegan michael at deegan.id.au
Tue Jun 5 07:59:11 WST 2012


On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 01:12:51PM +0800, Frames wrote:
> I copied down the product key before I wiped it, but I should have
> copied down the activation key.

Ahh, rookie mistake. ;)

(The slightly more advanced mistake is to manage to record the licence key,
but fail to record whether it was for the Retail, OEM, Volumekey, or some
other version of Windows...which requires knowing the product key. :P)

> So someone needs to find the activation key (I assume it is recorded).

It should be recorded on the sticker that came with the licence, that
someone has stuck on the side of the machine, right? RIGHT? :P

-MD

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