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minus-squareThe_Decryptor@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOEM systems come with the license key stored in the firmware (ACPI tables specifically), you can read them from *nix easily enough. sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM If you boot the system and login an account then yeah they’ll be able to link that, but the install itself can “self activate”.
OEM systems come with the license key stored in the firmware (ACPI tables specifically), you can read them from *nix easily enough.
sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDMIf you boot the system and login an account then yeah they’ll be able to link that, but the install itself can “self activate”.