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Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
On Windows 10 and Windows 11, the activation process can also generate a "digital entitlement", which allows the operating system's hardware and license status to be saved to the activation servers, so that the operating system's license can automatically be restored after a clean installation without the need to enter a product key.
If you get a notice that you need an active Desktop Gold subscription and don't wish to subscribe, learn how to access your email and other info through an old version of Desktop Gold or at mail.aol.com.
After trying a solution, please see if the problem with your Desktop Gold is fixed. If it's not, please continue to the next solution until the problem is fixed. Exit and restart Desktop Gold
System Locked Pre-installation (SLP), also referred to as OEM Activation, is a product activation procedure for Microsoft Windows used by major OEMs of laptops and pre-built PCs wherein a Windows product key is added and locked to the machine's firmware before mass distribution. SLP product keys cannot be moved to other machines.
After its success, the product activation system was extended worldwide and incorporated into Windows XP and Office XP and all subsequent versions of Windows and Office. Despite independently developing its own technology, in April 2009 a jury found Microsoft to have willfully infringed Uniloc's patent.
Technical assistance for AOL Desktop Gold is available by calling the support phone number provided in your order confirmation email. With Desktop Gold, you’ll receive support for a variety of technical issues.
Upon the release of Windows 10 in 2015, the ARM-specific version for large tablets was discontinued; large tablets (such as the Surface Pro 4) were only released with x86 processors and could run the full version of Windows 10. Windows 10 Mobile had the ability to be installed on smaller tablets (up to nine inches); [16] however, very few such ...