Team-BHP - What's a cheaper, reliable place to buy Microsoft Windows & Office keys?

All these sellers are dealing with MSDN keys. It was very easy earlier to get those accounts and have access to all Microsoft products. Your key(s) will work perfectly till the time the MSDN account is active. The best way to activate any MS product is using KMS which gives you 180 days and can be set to auto renew. This is what every company uses to keep their windows and office licence active.

I have purchased few licenses from online and also offline. Online being Amazon, the seller from Amazon provided OEM key for Windows 10 (which is not supposed to be sold separately) and that particular key is still working fine. Later I managed to get in touch with the same seller and explained my queries for which he promised me proper retail key in next purchases. Bought MS Office from the same seller and he was able to provide retail key along with GST bill. Also pricing from the seller was quite competitive with respect to other online stores.
Since Windows keys are linked with particular motherboard and MS Office is linked with respective outlook accounts there should not be a problem once activated successfully.

Seller Name: Balaji Trader
Contact: +919310303831, +919540971266

Disclaimer: I have no affliation or association towards the above said company. Request you to get in touch with the seller, talk about the requirements and make purchasing decision.

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My 2 cents:

https://theunitysoft.com/
They sell OEM/VLK keys, as far as I know. It works though. I have bought MS Office professional 2 times from them, both keys are working fine.
Microsoft employees get to purchase Microsoft products with a large discount for Friends and Family (Hardware as well as Software). Almost 70% off the shelf price I believe in case of Software. I had explored this option when I wanted MS Office licensed copy, with a friend who works in Microsoft, but theunitysoft.com was coming out to be cheaper, so tried that and it worked good.

Bought MS Office 2021 Professional Plus Retail from https://vprozone.in for Rs 260 (telephone activation). Took me 10 minutes to activate, legit and binds to one system. No issues whatsoever. Best part is that it isn't a volume license key and is retail and binds to just one system. They also have a sale going on today.

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Originally Posted by GTO (Post 5738503)

Guys, what's a good place to buy a Windows 11 Pro key? I had got one from Amazon for my Macbook 16 Intel and it activated just fine (IIRC, cost 3k). Had even called Microsoft for support once and had no issues at all.

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Originally Posted by condor (Post 5739209)

What I am looking for is a proper licence for MS Office. MS is slowly moving this online subscription based model. But my usage is limited - hence would prefer a stand-alone licence that I can keep using (while hoping version compatibility with files from later versions does not become a problem in due course)

I got a Windows 10 Home and Office 2019 license key each from vip-scdkey (https://www.vip-scdkey.com/) in March 2020. Both have been working flawlessly so far. I've never needed to call Microsoft support though.

What's a cheaper, reliable place to buy Microsoft Windows & Office keys?-vipscdkey.jpg

I am suggesting a better alternative.
Right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD).
Copy-paste the below code and press enter.
irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex
You will see the activation options. Follow the on-screen instructions.
That's all.

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Originally Posted by MayurS (Post 5740063)

So I looked at the screenshots on the website and it looks like the HWID option for Windows installs a generic license key (that you don't have to pay for) and registers your hardware ID as valid. If you linked the digital license to your Microsoft account you wouldn't even need to redo this once you reinstall Windows.

Surprisingly, it is hosted on GitHub, which Microsoft owns. I'm impressed an exploit like this is still openly available.

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Originally Posted by arnieshwartz (Post 5740079)

Surprisingly, it is hosted on GitHub, which Microsoft owns. I'm impressed an exploit like this is still openly available.

I think Microsoft knows about this hack but hasn't fixed it because they benefit from having a larger market share and maintaining their monopoly. They could have easily patched HWID by now, but if they did it could drive some users to switch to MacOS or Linux. The only time I believe they'd be worried is if their corporate partners stop paying up. lol:

Also, they collect and sell our data and also push ads in the UI, which probably makes up for any lost revenues from piracy.

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Originally Posted by GTO (Post 5738503)

If you can afford then definitely buy from the official website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/d/wi...mgf0d8h4?rtc=1
As far as I know, most of these sellers selling keys for fraction of original price are using keys meant to be used only by large organisations. 🤔 It might just expire after 6 months or so.

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I am suggesting a better alternative.
Right-click on the Windows start menu and select PowerShell or Terminal (Not CMD).
Copy-paste the below code and press enter.
irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex
You will see the activation options. Follow the on-screen instructions.
That's all.

Got the following error.

Start-Process : This command cannot be run due to the error: Operation did not complete successfully because the file
contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.
At line:30 char:1
+ Start-Process $FilePath $ScriptArgs -Wait
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Com mands.StartProcessCommand

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Originally Posted by mac187 (Post 5740282)

Got the following error.

My best guess is you might be using a third-party antivirus program, as Windows Defender didn't raise this error for me. To resolve this, I'd recommend temporarily disabling both antivirus programs before trying again. The error you're encountering often happens with KMS (Key Management Service) files, which are sometimes flagged as malware by many antivirus programs. However, if you're obtaining these files from trusted sources, there shouldn't be any cause for concern. If it still throws up an error, try installation via the alternate method provided in the guide below.
https://github.com/massgravel/Micros...vation-Scripts

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Originally Posted by mac187 (Post 5740282)

If you're running an antivirus program other than Windows Defender, could you please try disabling its real-time protection and retry?

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Originally Posted by contentedbloke (Post 5740965)

Guys, have you tried purchasing the keys from actsoftware.net? I keep getting their ads on my feeds and the site looks decent and genuine.

I purchased a license key for Office 2021 Professional Plus today. Internet activation wouldn't work, so I had to use the phone activation method, which worked seamlessly. For ₹699 I'd say it was a steal!