Does anyone know how often Windows checks HWID and product key? I bought a computer the other day from someone for cheap and just realized that it was probably stolen for the price I paid. Windows 10 was restored/reset to factory but I’m assuming to activate it Microsoft will check HWID and activation key and probably during updates? Anyway to avoid/around this?
If the laptop was originally delivered with win 8/10 pre-installed, it will use the MSDM for activation (will change into hwid).
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