On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 12:05, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
wrote:
>
> There was a limited time where you could update pre Win 10 systems to Win
> 10 without buying a new license. If you did that, Microsoft recorded this
> fact in their central system.
>
> That period is over.
>
>
No, it's not.
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 04:45:47PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
> My current maching, a Dell laptop, does not have that file.
>
> It had Windows on it when I bought it (though not running; I booted
> with an install CD in the store before buying it and never ran
> Windows).
Well I
| From: Stewart Russell via talk
[I started this message days ago. I delayed, hoping to do some more
research. I'm just too busy so I'm sending it without completing it]
| If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
| there's probably a key embedded in there
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 19:48, Znoteer via talk wrote:
...
# cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
MSDMU:_ASUS_Notebook ASUS-K--K-K#
(License string obfuscated.) 'strings' not required.
My current maching, a Dell
| From: mwilson--- via talk
| Sorry for the misinformation: the non-free firmware was needed to get Wifi
| to work. (It was a Debian netinstall, so I guess my mind conflated that
| with booting.)
There is firmware for UEFI and ACPI and SMM and all those things. This is
almost always in
Sorry for the misinformation: the non-free firmware was needed to get Wifi
to work. (It was a Debian netinstall, so I guess my mind conflated that
with booting.)
> Znoteer wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk
>> wrote:
>>> If the file
Znoteer wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
>> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to
>> root),
>> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
>>
>
> I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not
On 2021-04-14 9:14 a.m., Znoteer via talk wrote:
I don't have it on my Thinkpad. But then, it doesn't have the original
drive.
Mine is a thinkpad, too (x240), that I'm pretty sure probably started life
with windows on it (I bought used so I'm not sure), but the file is not
there, so it's not
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 08:41:49AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote:
> On 2021-04-14 7:10 a.m., Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
> >
> > Cool: strings found
> >
> > MSDMU
> > LENOVOTP-GL #
> > PTEC
> > X-XX-X-X-
> >
> > on my Thinkpad.
> >
>
> I don't have it on my
On 2021-04-14 7:10 a.m., Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
Cool: strings found
MSDMU
LENOVOTP-GL #
PTEC
X-XX-X-X-
on my Thinkpad.
I don't have it on my Thinkpad. But then, it doesn't have the original
drive.
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Cool: strings found
MSDMU
LENOVOTP-GL #
PTEC
X-XX-X-X-
on my Thinkpad.
--dave
On 2021-04-13 7:42 p.m., Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to
root), there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 21:08, Howard Gibson via talk
wrote:
>
>That file exists on my system, and I bought it as a motherboard and
> processor.
>
Maybe your motherboard BIOS came with a Windows licence? I don't know all
the ways it can get embedded there.
Either way, if you start the
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:42:47 -0400
Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
>
> Stewart
Stewart,
That file exists on my system, and I bought it as
Thanks Steward! That was a nice find!
Giles,
You can download Windows iso direct from Microsoft:
https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10
Finding a Windows 7 or 8 iso takes some effort, but you can find them
somewhere.
Mauro
https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User:
On 2021-04-13 8:13 p.m., Giles Orr via talk wrote:
I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what
circumstances might one have that file on a linux system?
When you installed Linux on a Windows computer? I wiped Windows, but
the firmware data is still there:
My computer
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 20:13, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
>
> When you installed Linux on a Windows computer? I wiped Windows, but
> the firmware data is still there:
>
Or if it was pre-installed on your computer by the vendor. I don't think
the laptop I bought in 2013 ever ran Windows, but that
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 19:48, Znoteer via talk wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> > If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> > there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
> >
>
> I
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 07:42:47PM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote:
> If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
> there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
>
I don't seem to have that file, and I'm not surprised. Under what
If the file /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM exists (it's read-only to root),
there's probably a key embedded in there you can pull out with strings
Stewart
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