"vychytraly ." <vychytraly at gmail.com> wrote: > My only worry is that they would not accept it since I am running > Linux (the laptop came with Windows - and I am not sure if the problem > would be also present on Windows). You can download and install Windows legally: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 . Without a valid code, it will stop working eventually, but you can see whether you have the same problem with Windows. -- Yves Bellefeuille <yan at storm.ca>