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GeneralRe: Windows 10 Is Now Available For The Raspberry Pi Pin
Mario Vernari14-Aug-15 5:10
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Dan Neely14-Aug-15 2:55
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NewsMicrosoft quietly rewrites its activation rules for Windows 10 Pin
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peterchen12-Aug-15 12:40
peterchen12-Aug-15 12:40 
To note: they are using an "BIOS API" specifically designed for that. See "Windows Platform Binary Table"[^].


Some shill wrote:
A rich set of tools exist to aid Windows provisioning, ranging from driver injection and offline registry management to sysprep imaging tools. However, there is a small set of software where the tools are not enough. The software is absolutely critical for the execution of Windows but for one reason or another, the vendor is unable to distribute the software to every provisioning entity.



Lately, Micosoft slapped on some "security requirements", including

The authenticated device owner should have the ability to disable or remove this functionality if desired. Note that device owner in this case could mean that it’s not the user that is using the device. For example in a corporate environment the owner maybe the IT admin but not the end user using the device.



Yeah, right.... "should".


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