Mayayana wrote:
"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.



Use Heidoc URL generator. Click the "Copy to clipboard" buttons,
then flip over to your favorite browser, and paste the URL there.
The actual download URL will point to a Microsoft site.

https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/techno...-download-tool

There used to be two versions of program, one for legacy systems
and one for "very modern" Windows OSes. The legacy one was
dropped, and now you need a higher minimum OS to run the
URL generator.

It uses IE to fake out the authentication requirements
at TechBench or something. Once it gets TechBench to cough
up a URL valid for 24 hours, you can download with some
other browser. The copy to clipboard means the
download will go on in a different place, than where
the Heidoc generator is working.

If you're worried about what the Heidoc generator is doing,
run it in a VM until you're comfortable with it. The VM can
have a bidirectional copy/paste buffer, so you can flip back
to the host and do the actual download there.

Paul