It's just one of many ways i've abused microsoft activation. It's multiple on a (according to VAMT) retail key.
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"There was a promotional free upgrade offer available when Windows 10 first released, but that offer expired July 29, 2016. Under "Can I upgrade windows 7 to windows 10 for free" Here's some nice info on those $5 keys too. Yes, I have asked my question to our MS TAM and MS Licensing/Legal did come back and confirm all of this. The upgrades were overriding programs WHICH ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE / OFFERED. Windows 10 EULA also has NO STIPULATIONS FOR UPGRADES AT ALL. Spreading false information saying it's still legitimate when it's clearly not can potentially hurt people who think to do this at work to save money. No, they won't go after home users most likely, yes, they will go after business users.
(They just moved over the 7/8.1 activation code into 10 instead of having a special marking tree)Īctivatoin does not imply licensing, and MS's activation servers are very lax to not impact legitimate customers. That's why the 7/8.1 keys still work - so they don't shut out legitimate customers because they didn't have a backend way to mark which keys were used and which weren't due to how they implemented the activation. You can use the same 10 key if you just massage it nicely and telephone activate on multiple machines too, or even just wait long enough and activate again. Just like those cheap $5 keys that you can activate on 10 machines, but look like retail keys in VAMT, it's not a legitimate license. You have activation, yes, but you dont' have authorization. Whether you choose to violate the legality of the license for home use is up to you, but for the love of god, do not do it in a business environment. In a home setup you're not going to be auditedīut some poor sap searching the internet in the next 363 days desperately trying to upgrade his organization might stumble upon your misinformation and rack up quite the bill.
I literally said in my first comment that a home user will not be audited: So, per Microsoft's licensing, only one instance of the license is valid regardless of whether or not you've partitioned it out. A hardware partition or blade is considered to be a device. In this agreement, “device” means a hardware system (whether physical or virtual) with an internal storage device capable of running the software. You might also be interested in section 2.b:ī. If you want to use the software on more than one virtual device, you must obtain a separate license for each instance.
This license allows you to install only one instance of the software for use on one device, whether that device is physical or virtual.
That's interesting, because per the Microsoft Software License Terms included with Windows 10, specifically section 2.d.iv, say the exact opposite: Please go to the relevant subreddits and support forums, for example: Build help and build shares posts go in their respective megathreads No referral / affiliate links, personal voting / campaigning / funding, or selling posts Welcome to /r/Plex, a subreddit dedicated to Plex, the media server/client solution for enjoying your media! Plex Community Discord Rules Latest Regular Threads: No Stupid Q&A: Tool Tuesday: Build Help: Share Your Build: Submit Troubleshooting Post Files not showing up correctly?