Windows 10 Previous Windows 10 Entreprise was licensed.

ussnorway

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• Oct 10, 2022

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Enterprise is subscription-based and only the company that currently rents it is allowed to use it i.e, you can rent it as a company but Microsoft still owns it

as an end user [white - pc] there is no legial way to have it outside of evaluation mode

 

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• Oct 18, 2022

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ussnorway said:

Enterprise is subscription-based and only the company that currently rents it is allowed to use it i.e, you can rent it as a company but Microsoft still owns it

as an end user [white - pc] there is no legial way to have it outside of evaluation mode

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I bought a workstation laptop from corporate stock.
It came with Win 10 enterprise.

 

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• Oct 18, 2022

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There are two types of enterprise licenses MAK and KMS. KMS uses a generic key on the machine which instructs machines to query a KMS DNS service record ( also requires a KMS server) and MAK which is a single license issues to a Corp with x number of devices associated. Neither type is available without a volume license agreement. In other words you'll need to buy a retail license Home or Pro edition

 

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Neemobeer said:

There are two types of enterprise licenses MAK and KMS. KMS uses a generic key on the machine which instructs machines to query a KMS DNS service record ( also requires a KMS server) and MAK which is a single license issues to a Corp with x number of devices associated. Neither type is available without a volume license agreement. In other words you'll need to buy a retail license Home or Pro edition

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Got it.

So, after i re-installed Windows with a "Win 10 Enterprise Demo", the licensed enterprise that came with laptop is gone?
I thought the BIOS would pickup the license?

Anyway the enterprise is for IT professionals managing corporate networks or devices.
It's not needed, (even for a small company). Right?

 

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• Oct 22, 2022

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Enterprise licenses are not stored in firmware and yes overkill for a small business.

 

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