Reinstalling Windows 10

http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/2577-showkey.html

>>56100369

Thanks, but is it necessary to know. Form what I've gathered the system will already know if your are allowed to install.

I've tried a different key shower and it displayed a different product key than that tool, do you have another one to see what happens with a third one.

You should do a fresh install of Linux instead

>>56100710

I have a life.

You should install GNU+Linux.

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>>56100241
Why did the anniversary update have to go and ruin the start menu?

>>56101572
the start menu wasn't useful to begin with, couldn't pin programs to it or anything

you get used to the new thing

>>56101606
You're supposed to pin shit to the Metro part.

>>56100241
If you have identical hardware, there's nothing you have to do. If you're swapping out hardware (like a new CPU or something) You'll have to sign in to your MS account to back up the key and register it to your account, so in the future if you build a new computer or want to swap the license to a new machine for any reason, you can reassign the license under the activation menu under the settings pane.

However, it should be said, you don't have to go through the media creation toolkit. I mean you can if you want, but doing the Reset Windows option under Settings will flash everything back to factory defaults for you and even reinstall Windows as if it was fresh. You even have the option of doing a secure erase pass of the HDD if you want (I think it's a 3-pass, or maybe a 1-pass with a zeroing of the drive, I can't remember).