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  1. I brought a refurbished laptop from Amazon and it turns out it has a Generic Volume License...


    I brought a refurbished laptop from Amazon and it turns out it has a Generic Volume License Key for it's Windows 10 and it is about to expire. What can I do about it. Can I contact Amazon for a different Product Key?

    :)
     
    lamuelpritchard, Jul 28, 2020
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  2. Bought a new laptop. Is it supposed to have a Retail License or Generic Volume License Key?

    I bought a new laptop an year ago. Now I get the err that my windows license will expire soon. I've checked out some suggestions based on this and apparently I have
    Generic Volume License Key. I want to know, whether I'm supposed to have a
    Retail License if I bought a new laptop? or is it okay to have
    Generic Volume License Ke
    y.

    Please help me.
     
    Sohan.Eluri, Jul 28, 2020
    #2
  3. . 'genuine' windows activation

    Nothing you're showing or mentioning has anything to do with Activation. You said your Windows reports Activated. I told you how to check if there is a key embedded at factory from Lenovo which is how their laptops normally come. If there is an OEM-BIOS
    key listed then there is no doubt you have normally activated factory preinstalled Windows. If there is no OEM-BIOS key listed then we'd need to sort out how it is activated to make sure there's no Volume License Key or another illegal key used, if this
    was from a 3rd party seller for example.

    No one said anything about having to buy another key. To reassure you I told you how to check if it's normally activated like a factory PC from Lenovo comes. Instead of following the steps I gave you brought up having to buy another key which no one has
    suggested. Even if it turns out this was an Amazon 3rd party seller who sold with an illegal key, I was going to help you get it made right by Amazon who always will make it right if notified within a reasonable amount of time. If you want me to help you,
    then follow the steps I gave.
     
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP, Jul 28, 2020
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  4. I brought a refurbished laptop from Amazon and it turns out it has a Generic Volume License...

    Windows purchased from amazon safe?

    Check the seller information. If it is Microsoft, it is safe to buy that license. While if it is listed there by individual person at very low and fishy price, it may not be original license.
     
    Kapil Arya MVP, Jul 28, 2020
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