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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.
In Windows 7 and later, significant hardware changes (e.g. motherboard) may require a re-activation. In Windows 10 and 11, a user can run the Activation Troubleshooter if the user has changed hardware on their device recently. If the hardware has changed again after activation, they must wait 30 days before running the troubleshooter again.
Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary software programs. Product activation prevents unlimited free use of copied or replicated software. Unactivated software refuses to fully function until it determines whether it is authorized to fully function. Activation allows the software to stop blocking its use.
Windows 95 retail product keys take the form XXX-XXXXXXX. [2] To determine whether the key is valid, Windows 95 performs the following checks: The first 3 characters must not be equal to 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888 or 999. The last 7 characters must all be numbers from 0-8. The sum of the last 7 numbers must be divisible by 7 with no remainder.
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Acer US has a Windows refund program where a user can ship a computer with an unused copy of Windows to the Acer service center and have the computer returned without Windows for a refund. [32] Acer's policy requires the customer to return items at their own expense, and the balance received by the customer can be as low as €30. [ 33 ]
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