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Re:Komodia SSL certificates are in many products by e12e on Friday February 20, 2015 @12:36AM (#9079106)
Don't you actually need to buy a new license? I don't think you can activate any 3rd party installer (say downloads via microsoft.com, making an usb key) with the oem serial? Not sure though, the only windows license I'm currently using isn't OEM, it's a full 8.1 pro license.

This does sound like a good argument for wiping the OEM windows 7 pro partition on my laptop, and install a windows 10 trial or something (I currently just run Debian GNU/Linux on it -- but it's technically dual-boot).

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Re:Komodia SSL certificates are in many products by lurkinggrue on Monday February 23, 2015 @02:09PM (#9096263)
Dell is about the only manufacturer that will let you get generic install DVDs. They use a bios based licensing system these days so you don't even have to deal with those issues so much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Locked_Pre-installation

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