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microtonal on Jan 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software

Can't you just download a pristine Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft's website and install from that? I've done that on my Dell Precision and it works great.

floatboth on Jan 26, 2017 | [–]

You can! Just make sure it's the exact same edition and language that came with the laptop. It will just pick up the OEM key from the ACPI table.

romanovcode on Jan 27, 2017 | [–]

The problem is that if it's not the same edition as is pre-installed you will lose your OEM license.

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