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  • Re: Screaming Into The V

    From Tiny@21:1/700 to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Jan 5 05:35:47 2026
    Hi Poindexter,
    On <Sun, 03 Jan 26>, you wrote me:

    I copied all of my license keys into a OneNote page, I can tell how
    much of a hoarder I am by the keys I still keep around.

    I have pretty much every single reg code for everything I ever bought
    except that one. It's frustrating, I think I didn't keep it because
    "I'll never use windows 3.1 again..."

    And, WHY did I keep Microsoft Vista license keys?

    I have my Vista and Windows 8 keys saved. LOL

    ... Windows tip: Don't use Windows.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Tiny on Mon Jan 5 06:30:11 2026
    Tiny wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

    I have my Vista and Windows 8 keys saved. LOL

    I went to a company meeting at the Microsoft HQ in Mountain View CA -
    they were pitching Windows 8 for call centers. I liked the idea of the
    Charm UI for call center agents.

    We got passes to the MS campus store, were like kids in a candy store.
    I bought a Windows 8 pro license for $15, used that serial number for
    Windows 8 and later 10 - I may still be using it!



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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Mon Jan 5 10:18:29 2026
    I have my Vista and Windows 8 keys saved. LOL

    We got passes to the MS campus store, were like kids in a candy store.
    I bought a Windows 8 pro license for $15, used that serial number for
    Windows 8 and later 10 - I may still be using it!

    Somewhat OT but not too long ago I bought an SBC that came with Win10 preinstalled. I was not planning to use Windows so I didn't try activating
    it but I did wonder... it came preinstalled but, unlike the old days where there was a license number sticker on a book or the side of the side of the case, there didn't appear to be one anywhere in the documentation I
    received with it.

    Made me wonder what would have happened if I had tried to activate it, or if for some reason I ever need the serial number for some other reason.


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  • From Tiny@21:1/700 to Poindexter Fortran on Tue Jan 6 05:35:11 2026
    Hi Poindexter,
    On <Tue, 05 Jan 26>, you wrote me:

    We got passes to the MS campus store, were like kids in a candy
    I bought a Windows 8 pro license for $15, used that serial number
    Windows 8 and later 10 - I may still be using it!

    I know the windows install on my desktop is using the Windows 8 code
    that I got for free from MS for something, and it has just kept upgrading
    to 10 and now 11 for no charge.

    ... Predestination was doomed from the start.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Dumas Walker on Thu Jan 8 07:51:22 2026
    Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

    Somewhat OT but not too long ago I bought an SBC that came with Win10 preinstalled. I was not planning to use Windows so I didn't try activating it but I did wonder... it came preinstalled but, unlike the
    old days where there was a license number sticker on a book or the side
    of the side of the case, there didn't appear to be one anywhere in the documentation I received with it.

    Made me wonder what would have happened if I had tried to activate it,
    or if for some reason I ever need the serial number for some other
    reason.

    A lot of them have a partition with the license info on there, so if
    you re-install, it automatically pulls up the correct license key.

    Several jobs ago, we bought PCs that were pre-installed with Windows 7.
    We'd reimage them with our image, meaning the OEM licenses were
    uninstalled. I used those on other systems as needed, as we had
    hundreds of OEM license stickers on campus.



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