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An anecdotal story: I bought some Windows 10 keys a few years ago from a site pcmag "recommended," where they were selling Windows 10 keys for maybe $55 each. I
by uzername 4y ago
An anecdotal story: I bought some Windows 10 keys a few years ago from a site pcmag "recommended," where they were selling Windows 10 keys for maybe $55 each. I bought two at the time. I kept the keys saved in my email. Fast forward to last November during a minipc build, I planned on using one of those keys. I tried it. It was rejected as a non-genuine key. I thought being written up on pcmag was a recommendation, but it was probably not a vetted source beyond being cheap. I learned my lesson and I will buy through Microsoft or through Microcenter (us brick and mortar store).
- jrockway 4y agoI've bought some friends this type of key. Sometimes you have to call Microsoft and they give you a different key (via an automated system). That's what I've had to do each time I've used this type of key. (I learned this from changing too much hardware at once on a retail key. Completely automated phone number. Solves the problem 100% of the time. I don't know what they're up to or what the business model is.)