Of course you have to be able to trust the seller. If it's some shady website that's new then they could just be selling you some random letters. I saw in the article about how Newegg doesn't offer refunds for keys but of course not. Someone could just buy it, activate my Windows, then demand a refund saying it doesn't work. Instant free Windows.![]()
How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)
You don't need to pay Microsoft's $139 retail price for Windows.www.tomshardware.com
They also talk about the veracity of these "cheap keys"
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That's interesting. I wonder how Microsoft does activation on different hardware if they're required to do so by law?It is perfectly legal in EU (and UK) to sell the OEM license after one has sold the computer. By the EU law, the operating system license is tied to the hardware only on the initial sale and becomes a self-contained, individual object of sale afterwards. Owner may sell it as he pleases, as long as the hardware the license was initially tied to has been sold separately and does not entertain this very license.