On Thursday 14 November 2013 09:03 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
On 14 November 2013 20:36, Joel A Divekar joel_divekar@rediffmail.com wrote:
I recently purchased HP J028tx laptop which came along with pre installed Windows 8. I plan to get rid of windows 8 completely and install Ubuntu, but would like to know how to retain Windows 8 licence as no windows license key was provided along with the laptop. I may need the license to setup virtual instance for testing connectivity with Samba ADs server.
This is seriously OT here, but here goes.
- The windows license that comes with a newly purchased PC/laptop is
called an OEM license. OEM licenses are not transferable, so you are not allowed to use this same license to setup a virtual instance. To setup a virtual instance you need a Retail license of Windows.
- OEMs (HP In this case) generally do not provide you with an OS
jewel case. All you get is (a) a "Certificate of authenticity" sticker somewhere on the laptop (usually underside) which would contain the license key if it is required to re-install the laptop, and (b) a "Designed for Windows" sticker.
You might get an original Windows installation CD (Dell) or a partition on the laptop from where you can install Windows (Lenovo) or a "restoration CD" which cannot be used to install Windows (I think Sony).
Make recovery disks (DVDs) from the HP software in your laptop. Then play with the machine.