Burning Sunset :
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Burning Sunset :
I know old versions of windows gave you a grace period of 30 days to put in your activation key and let you use windows until then. Is that the same for Windows 10 with a clean install, or has that changed any?
There is no grace period. If you do not enter the license key during the install, it will
start with reduced functionality. Before long, it will reboot every hour or so.
How much reduced functionality? I can pretty much deal with that. I had to download the media creation tool to do a fresh install on an old computer I upgraded to Windows 10 since it kept freezing up at the select Keyboard Layout screen since I will be giving it away in a couple days when I order my parts for a new computer I'm building. Was hoping to use the USB again to put Windows on the new build to make sure it works and get the thermal paste burned in until I get paid the following week and can buy the license. (Which reminds me, from what I can tell I would be better off with a retail version and not an OEM version because I've heard the OEM dies if the motherboard dies, but the retail I can reuse if that happens. Do you know if that is true?)
You'll be giving it away in a couple of days? Giving what away?
What are you doing?
Retail vs OEM? Buy the Retail. Y9ou can move that to new hardware without issue. Only one PC at a time, of course.
OEM license, MUCH more hassle.