Win zo znackovych PC nejdu aktivovat ani raz. "Aktivuje" sa to lokalne pomocou OEMBIOS len na PC ku ktoremu je urceny (identifikacia podla BIOSu).

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457078 .aspx

In order to reduce a significant source of piracy, Microsoft has disabled online activation for COA Keys that are attached to PCs that have been pre-activated by OEMs.