[WIN10] Where to buy cheap legit Win 10 key?

I got scammed buying a thinkpad with a corporate volume w10 license and now I got message saying that the windows license will expire soon.

Where can I get cheap w10 key without having to reinstall windows 10?

 

Use an old windows 7 key is your free option.

 

Prepare for a reinstall. Corporate require volume licensing, so it is unlikely to accept any other type of key.

 

Will I got banned if I talk about cheap keys here?

 

You're only going to have to reinstall if its LTSB or LTSC...

 

No, but it is "buyer beware"/"tread caution" territory.

Having said that, it'd perhaps be more suitable for "What/where to buy?" forum: https://forums.overclockers.com.au/forums/what-where-should-i-buy.18/

Noted.

 

Go to eBay.com ie International version

search for windows 10 key

have bought these in the past for few bucks and never had an issue...

 

If it had windows 7 , the key Is under the battery
Use media creation tool to make A10 USB and install from scratch using the 7 key when asked for one

If it's windows 8 or 10 the windows install should pull the key out of bios (or 'i don't have a key' and install 10 pro - it should activate automatically

 

To expand on what the Captain's saying here, it's highly likely that the machine was originally sold with a Windows Home/Pro license embedded in the BIOS*. Use the MS tool to create a Win 10 install USB: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10 and it will pick up the embedded license automatically.


*unless it's ancient, in which case it probably has a Win 7 license key printed on the hardware somewhere, as already mentioned ITT

 

WIndows 10 is like 5 years old dude, whadda ya mean highly unlikely?

 

Not if the key talk is about legit keys.

 

likely, not unlikely

 

i read good.

 

When I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 for free on my backup computer I just picked a Windows 7 key from many I had and it was accepted. My main computer had a key that I paid for when I built the computer and it worked as expected. It almost looks as though Microsoft is so keen for people to migrate to Windows 10 it accepts any Windows 7 key. That may or may not apply to a volume licence key though.

 

Or go to that URL using Linux

It'll then say something about not supporting the M$ tool, and let you download an ISO without M$ bureaucracy

Then use Rufus to create an install USB from the ISO

 

Windows 8 embedded key also works with win10.

 

Surely if Windows is as good as most make it out to be, it's worth paying full retail for a legit copy?

Just because the key activates doesn't mean it's a legit copy. Even I paid full retail for a Windows 10 Pro key on release and I'm not really that impressed with it and for that reason hardly even use it.

 

If I was building a new system I'd pay full retail for Windows 10 but I paid full retail for Windows 7 Professional and I was happy with it. Then Microsoft forced me onto Windows 10 by no longer supporting Windows 7. Windows 10 Professional costs $289. I wasn't going to pay that sort of money after paying for Windows 7 Pro and being happy with the way it worked. After using Windows 10 for over a year I still think I'd prefer Windows 7 if I had a choice.

 

IMO the only proper legit key that is 100% legit and worry free is to get a retail key.

getting used keys or OEM keys or something too cheap to be real would always comes with strings attached

 

Well that's how US capitalism works, did you expect any different?