On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 at 12:05, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
wrote:
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> 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. Wi
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 kn
| 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 yo
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 laptop,
| 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 "ROM".
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 /sys/firmware/acpi/tab
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 s
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 a
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 Th
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 w
On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 21:08, Howard Gibson via talk
wrote:
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>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 instal
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 a
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: 29452
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 di
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 d
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
cir
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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