"Paul" wrote

| Win8/Win10 use MSDM. Since the key is stored in the BIOS
| chip, there is no reason to print a COA sticker for the
| outside of the machine.
|
OK. I didn't know that. But if I want to download
an ISO for a Win8 install disk it seems that I'd have
to give MS a valid key as part of the operation --
at least that's what various online sources are saying.
I don't have a Win8 disk.