Where did you buy this laptop? Was it new or used?Hi, yes it's KMS which accounts for the activation issue now that you have pointed it out. Do you think that it will be a problem? I mean it seems to be working without activation and the fact that it was originally on this machine from the manufacturer, I wonder if it matters at this time.
I can't see any manufacturer put any kind of volume license software on a computer. However, I can see a third party have a contract with a company to purchase computers from the manufacturer and install volume license software on them. A large company would handle that in house. In any case the company would need to maintain a volume license activation server to handle the activation using KMS keys for all it software.
Like I said a small company that didn't have an activation server could still buy volume license software but use MAK keys instead. That way they could use one of Microsoft's volume license activation servers.
I have heard of online sellers sell volume license software with volume license KMS keys. To get around the activation problem they install a hack in the software to bypass the requirement for required activation server.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
- Memory
- Crucial DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 32GB (2 x 16GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
- Sound Card
- n/a
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6-inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 300Hz
- Hard Drives
- 2 x Samsung 980 (1TB M.2 NVME SSD)
- PSU
- n/a
- Mouse
- Wireless Mouse M510
- Internet Speed
- 2000Mbps/300Mbps
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom build
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
- Memory
- G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung S23A300B (23-in LED)
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p 60Hz
- Hard Drives
- 2TB XPG SX8200 Pro (M2. PCIe SSD) || 2TB Intel 660P (M2. PCIe SSD)
- PSU
- Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
- Case
- Cooler Master MasterCase 5
- Cooling
- Scythe Mugen 6
- Mouse
- Logitech K350 (wireless)
- Keyboard
- Logitech M510 (wireless)
- Internet Speed
- 2000 Mbps down / 300 Mbps up
- Browser
- Firefox, Edge, Chrome
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes (Premium)
- Other Info
- ASUS Blu-ray Burner BW-16D1HT (SATA) || Western Digital Easystore 20TB USB 3.0 external hard drive used with Acronis True Image 2025 backup software || HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 Printer/Scanner