Hey everyone!

I got my desktop with dual boot (Kubuntu & W11) and wanted to know if I ever go fully Kubuntu, am I able to reinstall Windows again?

I don’t have a disc, but my desktop came with it pre-installed. Is it tied to my Live account?

  • @[email protected]
    -29•1 year ago

    Just as pee is stored in the balls, sure. Any computer with a BIOS that did the bidding of Windows like that is automatically insecure garbage. Thankfully it isn’t a thing, your license info is stored by Microsoft attached to your account.

      • xrtxn
        11•1 year ago

        it really is. pee is stored in the balls

        • @Nibodhika
          6•1 year ago

          Why is it insecure to store a string? I think you’re being overly dramatic, those keys are OEM anyways so it’s not insecure for Windows and it’s not insecure for you.

    • dinckel
      4•1 year ago

      At the very least try to do some research before posting something both daft and pompous

    • @indomaraEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I just set up a brand new Lenovo laptop today, that came with Win11. I quickly decided Win11 was hot garbage, and installed Win10, removing all partitions and wiping all drives. I never signed into a Microsoft acct on the machine, created only a local acct in Win11 and again in Win10.

      When I installed 10, it never asked me for a product key, which had me scratching my head, until I googled and found that it had already activated Win10 home and how I could activate pro.

      Long story short, it does appear that newer laptops have the key in their hardware somehow.

      Anyway, the writing is on the wall - I can’t keep going with Windows. Which led me to lurking here.

      • Frank Sonderborg
        1•1 year ago

        @indomara @db2 Just bought a Samsun Tab9 tablet to replace my Tab2 one. Quite impressed with all the bits n bobs you can do. its running android 13 which I hope is lucky for some. Quite happy with my John Lewis purchase which included a free cover n Keypad,

        • @indomaraEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I know all the words, and yet they make no sense. Are you being snarky? I am new here and trying to learn, and happened to have an experience relevant to the conversation this morning.