lew wrote:
On 2014-11-25, ...winston??? wrote:

.............lots skipped...........


Maybe someone with an OEM unit will attempt the Linux based MSDM route.
- and actually verify it shows all Product Key digits and not just the
last 5.

Office 2013 retail comes with a product key (no media, download only,
Click to Run Install). The included Product Key in the retail package is
a key with the right to download and install (creation of a MSFT account
is necessary too). If one wishes to find 'their' installed product
key, it is not the one in the package, but the one available in their
Microsoft account.




Does this mean that the OEM computers will NEVER get a bios updated?


I'm sure they can solve that. If they can figure out a way to
preserve NIC and Firewire MAC addresses, they can figure out a
way to keep the key from one flash to the next.

Paul