If you’ve followed the Windows 10 story this past year or so, there have been several hints suggesting that Microsoft was working on a new activation scheme for the new operating system.
And now we have some solid indication of this.
Since Windows 10 changes up a lot of things traditionally associated with the Windows platform, it seems that Redmond wants to wave goodbye to product keys too — thanks to the introduction of a new activation system.
A Russian website has spotted a few apps on the Windows Store that indicate that Microsoft is indeed planning a change in how Windows 10 upgrades and activations are authenticated.
Details, of course, are missing right now, and what we have is pure speculation.
But take a look at this image below:
There are two apps, one called Windows 10 Core and the other Windows 10 Pro, and these can only be accessed from the leaked preview build 10147.
This, it is being claimed, is a way to abandon the traditional product key activation system, and Microsoft will now perform the whole process automatically. In other words, the activation will be tied to your Microsoft account, as Redmond recently suggested.
Depending on your OS choice, you will be asked to install one of these apps, after which your copy of Windows 10 will automatically be activated — even if you upgraded from a genuine copy of Window 7 or Windows 8.1.
The big question is what happens with a clean install of Windows 10, and how purchases are activated if users do not have a Microsoft account.
But we’re sure to hear more on this leading up to the launch of the new operating system.
source:windows10update
