Activation for Windows involves verifying your product key or purchasing a license.
Activation for Windows involves verifying your product key or purchasing a license.
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If its an older video with that sponsor then I doubt that code still works. I can't remember Linus ever using such a sponsor. We are not allowed to help you with 3rd party websites selling windows keys as this is agains forum rules.
With another computer linked to your Microsoft account, you can easily select the "I changed hardware" choice and reuse a key. Each license offers a few activation options. Alternatively, I recommend avoiding those OEM licenses in 2023 and choosing a genuine full-price version from the Microsoft Store instead.
Is this the right video? My experience shows I once used a low-cost $15 key multiple times. However, after the most recent attempt on my upgraded system, it kept failing. It turned out the CPU was faulty. By then, I had swapped several components to try and find the issue. I even replaced the motherboard thanks to free options! In the end, the key stopped working because it was tied to both the motherboard and CPU. Now I’m avoiding those cheap activation codes. So far, I’ve purchased a few legitimate Windows activation keys from Microsoft for my different computers, intending to save them and move them over to my new machines whenever possible.
Do you understand that you can keep your motherboard active indefinitely with a HWID using a free PowerShell command? It’s a straightforward script you can locate on Google or GitHub—just type “windows activation GitHub” and you’ll see the first relevant link from a large group of tech enthusiasts. I won’t share the direct URL here since it might not be allowed on this forum, and I’m just saying it’s a legitimate process through Microsoft servers. Formatting and reinstalling Windows will still keep it active.
This approach technically involves piracy. HWID is a technique that identifies hardware to verify if a device has a license attached. It’s typically employed by manufacturers so they don’t have to supply OEM keys, linking activation to the specific machine. These methods exploit a loophole to generate fake entries and activate them via submission to the database as an OEM license. Microsoft would view it as legitimate, but the process itself violates their terms of service.