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Some windows help please
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If windows was installed once on a motherboard if you install windows from USB again on the same motherboard even after wiping it will remember your purchase and not make you pay again
This is true. There's even a Linux command to grab the license key. The key won't work on any other hardware tho, so it's kind of useless :)
You can go through the activation troubleshooter and say you replaced the motherboard, I did this with my brother's computer and used a licence from a 5 year old netbook on a modern desktop. It might've needed a Microsoft account though.