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When I get a new laptop I always put on one of those clear stickers intended to go on top of labels to prevent the product key sticker from rubbing off. I'm writing this on a netbook (purchased when netbooks were still a new thing) and the product key label is still as readable as the day I bought it.
Also--I just re-read what I wrote, and perhaps I could've been a little clearer:
You can use a Windows 7/8/8.1 key to activate Windows 10, then wipe 10 and reinstall without having to re-enter the key. If you're on 7 and activate, you will have to re-enter the key...it's the Windows 10 activation process that sends out the machine's unique fingerprint. It's only once 10 has been activated that you can skip the key on further reinstalls.
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dandy72 wrote: clear stickers intended to go on top of labels to prevent the product key sticker from rubbing off.
That's a fantastic idea. I will use that in the future.
Great info on the registration process too. Thanks.
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Just don't use clear scotch tape - that's too easy to peel off, and if it does, it'll probably rip the label surface as well. What I have found is a roll of clear, almost plastic, stickers that are large enough to cover the entire product key label.
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Unfortunately I can't find an actual product name or number on the roll, but Google searches seem to suggest the proper name is a clear seal sticker label. I'm sure you can find them at a hobby shop. Here's a sample that looks very similar to what I use.
Also: If it's too late and the label is already faded and barely readable to the naked eye, take a picture, and increase the contrast in some photo-editing utility. That should work out pretty well. I also save the picture and put it in a folder (on another computer) where I also keep all the drivers for this particular machine.
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Yesterday finally wify agreed to go to movie so we went to watch Rouge One. I booked a ticket online but once we reached the cinema first thing I was greeted by was a touch screen and a barcode scanner at the ticket counter. No human being on site. Empty ticket counter with only scanner and touchscreen to print your ticket and greet you with a beep. It felt very sad that company went to such a length to save few quids to not have someone handing out a ticket and having conversation with customers. First proof of them not caring for their customers. Secondly, for full 30 minutes they showed adverts. I have paid to see movie not adverts. I can watch movie on free to air telly if I really want to watch adverts. Am I going back to watch another movie there ? Certainly not.
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Welcome to the reason why people pirate movies 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Really?
I've been to a few movies here, and sure there were two or three adverts may be after the interval. But adverts for 30 minutes? Never experienced something like that anywhere in OZ.
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30 minutes is too much of advertise except those drive-ins open air theaters.
Generally for multiplex(s) its max 15 minutes of adverts are there and even in that they shows 2-3 movie trailers which is even more interesting.
You should change the cinema if you got other options.
You can have all the tools in the world but if you don't genuinely believe in yourself, it's useless.
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what really p*ssed me off the 2nd last time I went to a cinema, is, they didnt turn all the lights off - the aisle lighting was so distracting it was a waste of time - whereas driving to an 'older' cinema last week to see Rogue One, I had time for a glass of red in the bar before the movie, and its a good old fashioned cinema
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virang_21 wrote: for full 30 minutes they showed adverts
But was that before the published start time? Theaters here do that all the time. For people who show up early they have something to show instead of a blank screen. No big deal.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Yep show start time on ticket was 3:30 pm and I have to endure adverts till 4:00 pm before actual movie began.
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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Ya, that is excessive, unless it is a discount theater.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Somehow I have spent most of the weekend (including the free day on friday) with drawing schematics, soldering and programming,
The last picture I have of my old computer was from before i finished highschool. Time for a new one.[^]
The old notebook to the left runs a terminal emulation and is connected to the old computer over RS232. It also is used to program EPROMs. That board nect to the mouse is the EPROM programmer, which I repaired and got to work again this weekend. The old notebook is also used to sample the cassete tapes and convert the WAV files to binaries with a program I have written.
The Elf is running the first program I ever bought and still use. It's a debugger and on the screen you can see the current state of the processor's registers. The hardware, including the monitor, is from 1978 - 1980 and came as a kit (except for the monitor).
The keyboards are old and worn, so they are not a pleasure to use anymore. That's why i want to build a more modern version of the old computer. Ok, I admit it. I do it because it's fun to solder together a computer and get it to work. Anyway, before I have expensive boards made, I first build a prototype and test the stuff... on the old computer.
To begin with, here's[^] a little more memory and a ROM for the little operating system I'm working on. I'm sure I once swore never to build a memory prototype on perfboard again because of the wiring, but I probably never learn and did it again. Tomorrow I will install it and can then work on the OS.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 8-Jan-17 15:51pm.
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Huh?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Tried to see your image, didn't, but started getting a bunch of stuff popping up.
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They used to have less advertising. It's probably better to look for another place to upload pictures in the future.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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AWESOME! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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CDP1802 wrote: because of the wiring
Put the board on legs and do the wiring on the other side...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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B E A U T I F U L !
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Damn, I can even smell it!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Someone saw my answers (about a specific subject) in QA and offered me a job...
I do not know what to do yet...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I had the same thing happen way back when in the days of the NNTP newsgroups (back in the mid/late 90's). I ended up doing a 2 month contract out of it, a well paid, fun little VB5 job.
Cheers,
Mick
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It doesn't matter how often or hard you fall on your arse, eventually you'll roll over and land on your feet.
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There's nothing "fun" about VB...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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