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I am just going to pick on Dell. Dell Windows 7, Vista and XP will look on the motherboard for some secret code to signify that it is a Dell and at that point skip activation. It is the same for HP, Lenovo, etc.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;I have heard they are doing it different for Windows 8 (and maybe 10). Are they doing it differently?
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I am just going to pick on Dell. Dell Windows 7, Vista and XP will look on the motherboard for some secret code to signify that it is a Dell and at that point skip activation. It is the same for HP, Lenovo, etc.

   I have heard they are doing it different for Windows 8 (and maybe 10). Are they doing it differently?

Windows 8 SLP?

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