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Did you run into any licensing issues with your setup?

• kentonv 2y ago
  Microsoft keeps track of licenses in some cloud database keyed by machine fingerprint, so if you run the same image on multiple machines it's supposed to work fine. I have actually purchased licenses for all the machines. I have found, though, that sometimes machines don't actually query Microsoft for activation info, and instead complain about activation after a few hours. If I then manually go to the activation settings and click "troubleshoot activation", then it realizes that it's already registered in the Microsoft database and it stops complaining. But this is really annoying to have to do for every machine at every party, so more commonly we just don't bother, and some people end up with the annoying "Activate Windows" overlay in the corner. But it's actually far enough into the corner and subtle enough that often people just don't even notice it's there and it's fine...
  • jmb99 2y ago
    If you’ve already purchased licenses, have you considered using more “illicit” means keep the machines activated?