Preferably from 2020 onwards and without the need for a mandatory product key/Microsoft account, I’ve already had a lot of headaches because of these two “casualities”!
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+1 to this, you don’t have to activate. You get an activation watermark at the bottom right hand corner, not a big deal
Just use the Microsoft Activation Scripts. Microsoft literally tells you to use them if there’s a problem with your product key.