Buying Windows keys third party?

[Racewin]

I am needing to set up a couple computers with Windows 10. Has anyone purchased from sites such as Kinguin or PCDestination?

 

[admin]

Technically, you no longer need to purchase a key for Windows now. The OS will work forever, but you will have the little nag comment in the corner - won't affect usability though.

 

[Racewin]

I can give that a try. Have you any experience with those sites that sell keys?

 

[admin]

I have not...

 

[mtptwo]

Don't do it. Most out there are expired. You can use MS Windows 10 without registering it.

 

[Harrier]

Lots of them have been discarded intact- I picked up at least 4 or four at the SV dump. Find out where people take old computers to recycle then get a non-OEM unit from there (not a dell that came w/10 preinstalled but one someone later installed a commercial version on), hack into the admin account (lots of ways to discover the admin PW) and google how to unregister it online... Then re-register your new unit- but they have to be the same version (home, pro etc)

 

[storage_man]

Lots of them have been discarded intact- I picked up at least 4 or four at the SV dump. Find out where people take old computers to recycle then get a non-OEM unit from there (not a dell that came w/10 preinstalled but one someone later installed a commercial version on), hack into the admin account (lots of ways to discover the admin PW) and google how to unregister it online... Then re-register your new unit- but they have to be the same version (home, pro etc)

Ha interesting. Scrounging around at the city dump recycle center. I never thought of that.

As to the OP, I have never tried those sites. I only caution people buying from like ebay. There are millions of counterfeit keys most won't register with MS and you will not get your money back from the seller. Also "Admin" is correct, it does run without being registered, but any setting customization is a no go. If you don't need any customization it works

 

[Harrier]

heh, heh yeah I came up with that one after taking my stuff to the dump instead of getting curb pickup... Only some dumps recycle electronics... SV being one of them. I used to "borrow" systems for "inspection & education" and pulled several 1TB HDD, 2 & 4GB DDR3 RAM modules, wireless cards, routers and even a few laptops for travel purposes. Most of them I would pull the MP3 files and reformat (bleachbit style) the drives and reinstall Linux on them. a few had W10 so I retained those for future use... Most of them were returned to the recycle center after I was done playing around. The only one I couldn't hack was a W10 using a PIN instead of a password... AFAIK Tucson dumps don't take electronics and redirect consumers to Best Buy so make a friend there... Don't know what Pinal county does but more likely the rural places use the local transfer station...

You would(n't) be surprised how much PPE people leave on their systems... medical, social security, bank info, Tax returns and porn (incl. pics of the GF or wife)... even classified docs... I made sure I deleted all that stuff and wiped the systems 3x but still...

 

[Isnake]

Dont Windows 7 keys still activate 10....if you have one?