[SOLVED] Window 11 upgrade prep?

[PsychoPsyops]

I built a new PC recently. I currently have Win10 Home edition installed on it, not activated. I have a cd key for Win11. The Win10 updates are taking forever. Do I have to fully update Win10 before installing Win11?

 

[PsychoPsyops]

So, to be clear, you didn't pay for a legit Windows 11 key because it wasn't enough of an upgrade over Windows 10, an OS you didn't pay for in the first place? Do you see the inherent problem with this excuse?

And if you didn't pay retail price, it's not "possibly" legit. CDkeys is not an authorized seller of Windows keys.

They've got nothing besides 5 star reviews with people saying the keys work. I doubt there is anything distinct between a legit key and an illegitimate key that still works.

 

[PsychoPsyops]

I just got the Windows 11 update offer thankfully. All should be well.

 

[USAFRet]

They've got nothing besides 5 star reviews with people saying the keys work.

paid/sponsored reviews.
https://kotaku.com/shady-market-g2a-offers-to-pay-journalists-to-run-pre-w-1836186979

You have to ask yourself....How?
How can this site sell software licenses for pennies on the dollar?

They don't have some magical inroad to the "cheap line" at Microsoft.

I doubt there is anything distinct between a legit key and an illegitimate key that still works.

Oh yes there can be. I've personally been a victim of that, with a refurbed laptop I bought a few years ago.



Lastly, it may well be a "valid" license key.
But frequently, these come from a money laundering source.
How to turn 100 stolen credit card numbers into 'money'?

1. Buy stolen credit card details for cheap.
2. Buy 1000 valid Windows licenses with those credit cards.
3. Sell those 1000 licenses for $25 each.
4. Profit!

I don't know about you, but I'd rather not be a party to criminal action.
https://www.polygon.com/2015/2/9/80...ose-mysteriously-cheap-gray-market-game-codes

 

[DSzymborski]

They've got nothing besides 5 star reviews with people saying the keys work. I doubt there is anything distinct between a legit key and an illegitimate key that still works.

Well, except for the fact that you're a thief and receiving a benefit from something that is a common way to launder small amounts of money. And then don't even have the moral courage to even admit you're a thief and instead make lame excuses, like how Windows 11 isn't enough of an upgrade over Windows 10 which you also didn't pay for or how the thing you stole got five star reviews.

 

[PsychoPsyops]

Don't insult my morality. I was simply ignorant in all this. I had read they are able to do this by purchasing license keys from other countries that sell them at lower rates, buying in bulk the keys that come with business and enterprise level batches, then selling them individually as a discount to us and a mark-up for profit for them. I'm still learning about all this, so don't jump to conclusions, thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

I had read they are able to do this by purchasing license keys from other countries that sell them at lower rates, buying in bulk the keys that come with business and enterprise level batches

Which are not valid for resale.
It states this specifically with whatever licensing agreement the original purchaser has.

They can and do get unactivated at times.
Specifically, the refurb laptop I mentioned earlier.

There is no magical cheap + valid line at Microsoft.

If you came across RAM or GPU selling at pennies on the dollar, you'd run away laughing. Knowing it was a scam of some sort.
Licensed software is no different.

 

[PsychoPsyops]

Which are not valid for resale.
It states this specifically with whatever licensing agreement the original purchaser has.

They can and do get unactivated at times.
Specifically, the refurb laptop I mentioned earlier.

There is no magical cheap + valid line at Microsoft.

If you came across RAM or GPU selling at pennies on the dollar, you'd run away laughing. Knowing it was a scam of some sort.
Licensed software is no different.

Understood. I appreciate your willingness to educate me on this.