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by floatboth 3446 days ago
Also:

- if you bought a laptop with preinstalled Windows, you can activate a fresh install with the key that's stored in the laptop (in ACPI tables IIRC). Just make sure it's the same edition and language.

- if you're a student, check if you have DreamSpark (er, Imagine) Premium. Apparently Windows Server is available even in the non-Premium program (for all students).

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> you can activate a fresh install with the key that's stored in the laptop (in ACPI tables IIRC).

Free tool we developed to quickly grab that key: http://neosmart.net/OemKeyTool/