My father bought a Win 10 key for 3.50 euro from an Ebayer about a few months ago. Everything worked great and we activated Win 10 together.
However, I often get a message on the bottom right of my laptop that I have to activate the Win 10, even though when I look in the settings everything is activated.
What could be the problem? My father thinks the key is fake or fake. What do you think?
Of course there's something wrong with things. Usually Windows costs roughly 100 euro.
These are volume licenses. Trading it is illegal. But usually it goes well for a long time. But sometimes this is discovered by Microsoft. Then the key is no longer valid. For me it always went well and is still going. Have you just been unlucky?
OEM is significantly cheaper.
Thank you for taking the time to answer me
There's only one type of license for retail and these are the system builder licenses. OEM licenses are not always system builder licenses. You get the system builder licenses from a Microsoft sealed envelope, where you have to scratch out the key.
Everything else is volume licensing.
Are you sure someone is buying old PCs to get keys?
The effort is quite high just to make 4 euro in the end.
Yeah pretty sure. We had some training from Microsoft as a gold partnership. A Microsoft employee told us so.
We also had training on Ebay licenses, among other things. Everything was cleared up. Our customers often complain because they have to pay ~ 100 euro for an activation and think that on Ebay you can get them much cheaper.
The makers are often from abroad, Poland, India, Czech Republic, etc. They are also sold on Ebay with German companies. The effort is not that big. You only need a script for each mainboard type and you can read the keys accordingly, even if they are encrypted, quite possible for a system house. For people like that who already have these tools no problem at all. Once the effort for a mainboard → 100 licenses drawn from PCs. Connect briefly, Linux Live Stick Boot → Run script, save key.
You have to deliver the calculator first. So carry around several kg. And it's not a calculator. 100 pieces are full of a truck load.
Then connect them, boot and extract the key? And in the end you have 4 euro turnover per key / calculator?
You have to buy 100 computers and they have to be ok, so boot. And then you have to dispose of the 100 computers.
I do not know. I suspect that these are cheap company licenses that have never been used, or OEM versions that have never been installed on the hardware intended for this.
I can only imagine that these people do several tours with one truck. Organizations are behind it. There's also not only Windows, but also Office or Adobe Keys. All keys that you can get cheaper on Ebay get them. Old and working hardware can still be sold or cannibalized and sold on. I don't have any more, but I know that it has to work that way. LG
