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Old September 13th 15, 06:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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Old September 13th 15, 08:36 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

On 13/09/2015 18:55, John Doe wrote:
Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?




You don't uninstall Windows product key. You just go ahead and make
changes and first try to activate it online. If it fails, you need to
use the phone method and explain to the operator what you have done and
99% of the time they will activate your machine. The 1% is for people
who demands and becomes rude when talking to fellow human being. These
people don't deserve any help IMHO. They first need to learn social
skills of talking to fellow human being.



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Old September 13th 15, 09:13 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

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On 13/09/2015 18:55, John Doe wrote:
Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?




You don't uninstall Windows product key. You just go ahead and make
changes and first try to activate it online. If it fails, you need to
use the phone method and explain to the operator what you have done and
99% of the time they will activate your machine. The 1% is for people
who demands and becomes rude when talking to fellow human being. These
people don't deserve any help IMHO. They first need to learn social
skills of talking to fellow human being.



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You don't uninstall Windows product key.  You just go ahead and make
changes and first try to activate it online.  If it fails, you need
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done and 99% of the time they will activate your machine.  The 1% is
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Right... They need to learn social skills. And while they are at it,
they should learn to write for their audience. You know, like adhering
to the correct protocol on UseNet.

Some of us are do-it-yourselfers and would rather do it ourselves.
That's why I asked. I'm not interested in workarounds.









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Old September 13th 15, 10:33 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

On 13/09/2015 21:13, John Doe wrote:
Right... They need to learn social skills. And while they are at it,
they should learn to write for their audience. You know, like adhering
to the correct protocol on UseNet.

Yes they should all learn how to write posts in HTML. If they are too
old like you then they should be banned from going near a Windows system
and instead sent to Taliban caves. The correct protocol in the 21st
century is to use HTML posts.

Some of us are do-it-yourselfers and would rather do it ourselves.
That's why I asked. I'm not interested in workarounds.



Who the **** told you to use workarounds. Are you some demented 80
something using Windows system to pass your last few months on this
planet? If so then you are doing very well indeed. Good luck and the
quicker you go the better it will be for the well-being of this planet.

By the way the best newsreader in the 21st century is Thunderbird and it
is free. Use it before you die otherwise you will come to regret it.











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Old September 13th 15, 10:49 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,free.usenet,free.spirit
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

Clueless twit...

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On 13/09/2015 21:13, John Doe wrote:
Right... They need to learn social skills. And while they are at it,
they should learn to write for their audience. You know, like adhering
to the correct protocol on UseNet.

Yes they should all learn how to write posts in HTML. If they are too
old like you then they should be banned from going near a Windows system
and instead sent to Taliban caves. The correct protocol in the 21st
century is to use HTML posts.

Some of us are do-it-yourselfers and would rather do it ourselves.
That's why I asked. I'm not interested in workarounds.



Who the **** told you to use workarounds. Are you some demented 80
something using Windows system to pass your last few months on this
planet? If so then you are doing very well indeed. Good luck and the
quicker you go the better it will be for the well-being of this planet.

By the way the best newsreader in the 21st century is Thunderbird and it
is free. Use it before you die otherwise you will come to regret it.











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they should learn to write for their audience. You know, like adhering
to the correct protocol on UseNet.
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Yes they should all learn how to write posts in HTML.  If they are
too old like you then they should be banned from going near a
Windows system and instead sent to Taliban caves.  The correct
protocol in the 21st century is to use HTML posts.br
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Some of us are do-it-yourselfers and would rather do it ourselves.
That's why I asked. I'm not interested in workarounds.



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Who the **** told you to use workarounds.  Are you some demented 80
something using Windows system to pass your last few months on this
planet?  If so then you are doing very well indeed.  Good luck and
the quicker you go the better it will be for the well-being of this
planet.br
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and it is free.  Use it before you die otherwise you will come to
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Old September 13th 15, 11:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
. . .winston[_2_]
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

John Doe wrote on 09/13/2015 1:55 PM:
Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.


A product key can't be installed or uninstalled.



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Old September 14th 15, 03:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

.. . .winston pontificated this:
John Doe wrote on 09/13/2015 1:55 PM:
Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.


A product key can't be installed or uninstalled.


So sayeth the persistent resident grammar Nazi!


A product key CAN be changed... via Settings Update & Security Activation
Change Product Key


I tried to change mine into an outdoor barbeque grill... that Win10 crap
never works!

HTH.

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Old September 14th 15, 06:01 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

On 9/14/2015 9:15 AM, Bucky Breeder wrote:
snip
I tried to change mine into an outdoor barbeque grill... that Win10 crap
never works!


Ya daft bugger, you have to start with one of those steel or aluminum
case PC's. The plastic ones tend to melt and catch fire before the
burgers are done.

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Old September 14th 15, 06:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
ray carter
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:55:15 +0000, John Doe wrote:

Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.


Totally insane - why should you need MS's permission to change hardware
on your own system!!
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Old September 14th 15, 06:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
. . .winston[_2_]
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

Bucky Breeder wrote on 09/14/2015 10:15 AM:
. . .winston pontificated this:
John Doe wrote on 09/13/2015 1:55 PM:
Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.


A product key can't be installed or uninstalled.




A product key CAN be changed... via Settings Update & Security Activation
Change Product Key




Having trouble following the op's post. Changing the PK wasn't the
desired intent.


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Old September 15th 15, 04:05 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Bucky Breeder[_4_]
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

GlowingBlueMist posted this via
:

On 9/14/2015 9:15 AM, Bucky Breeder wrote:
snip
I tried to change mine into an outdoor barbeque grill... that Win10
crap never works!


Ya daft bugger, you have to start with one of those steel or aluminum
case PC's. The plastic ones tend to melt and catch fire before the
burgers are done.


Ahhh... they didn't say that in the instructions.

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Old September 15th 15, 04:23 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Default Unlimited hardware changes if Windows key is uninstalled first?

ray carter opined thusly:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:55:15 +0000, John Doe wrote:

Are we allowed to uninstall the Windows product key from our system so
that we can make hardware changes, and then reinstall that product key
without having to reactivate Windows (regardless of the changes we've
made)?

If so, any links to concise explanations about how to uninstall the
product key would be appreciated.

Thanks.


Totally insane - why should you need MS's permission to change hardware
on your own system!!


You don't. You merely have to re-activate the system with any "major"
hardware changes probably so that Bill Gates and the Board of Directors
can show videos of your weddings, baptisms and family reunions at their
sales meetings. Lord help ya' if ya'll make the sex tapes...

You'll know if it was a "major hardware change" when they give you the
series of blue screens with instructions and informations... Sometimes
they give you several days of grace to run the now rouge system before
they effectively shut down your device if you don't honor the prescribed
conditions.

They'll actually provide a toll-free telephone line with a real person to
assist with this. I believe that a change of mainboard or motherboard is
considered a whole 'nuther device, so you'd probably have to buy a product
key to get that situation activated... but it is negotiable, and as long
as all your hard drives, chipsets, processors and cards were still the
same, they might take pity on you and spare you the extra expense on a
one-time sympathetic consideration - especially if you tell them you're a
minority single-mother trying to put 8 kids through school and need the
device for homework assignments and your unregulated and untaxed eBay
business...

Or you could use the GoFundMe method.

HTH.

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"The future ain't what it used to be!"

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