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Re:Windows 10 Review by Skunkleton on Thursday August 27, 2015 @11:32AM (#10130025)
> Can anyone here who owned a legit copy of Windows actually say that this happened to them

Yep. Just recently my windows 8.1 installation deactivated itself and I had to call in an talk to a person to get it reactivated.

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Re:Windows 10 Review by tychuz on Friday August 28, 2015 @07:05AM (#10134740)
Well, activation hickup is not even close to "remote disable". It's an annoyance, sure, you have to call some support person, but it's not a 'self destruct' option.
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