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Are you building the PC yourself? If not then it will already have a key associated with it and will activate once connected to the Internet - even if you reinstall the OS or upgrade it to W11.
I've actualy seen adverts for CDkeys no youtube i think, or it might have been one of the freeview channels, so I guess they must be semi legit, at least!
But as above, just buy a cheap one - you should be able to get one for about £5-£10.
I did actually have an issue with an office key from gamers outlet once - error that it was already registered and trying to get a refund was basicaly impossible so I gave up as it was only £3 if I recall.
But I'm running cheap windows keys on both my windows PCs, never had a problem. In theory I could wake up one day to a 'this windows is unlicenced' messsage, but in that case I'd just buy another cheap key and re-activate it.
cdkeys is legit. I've used them for Xbox passes for years.
I don't know about Windows 11, but you can activate Windows 10 with a Windows 7 key which might give you a cheaper option.
Cheers all
you can activate Windows 10 with a Windows 7 key which might give you a cheaper option.
That used to be the case but I think MS cut off the free upgrades. They officially ended years ago but MS just let it keep rolling. Happy to be corrected, but I think they killed it as part of the plan to ditch the legacy hardware and get everyone onto Win11.