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nubinetworktoday at 4:09 PM1 replyview on HN

The only benefit I've seen to having a Microsoft account is that I don't have to remember a cd key anymore if I have to reinstall... other than that, what was it actually used for?


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dahdumtoday at 4:21 PM

They use machine id, shouldn’t need the key to reactivate on reinstall.

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