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wattengard on April 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Painless Windows Workstation Setup with Boxstarter

Since 2013 it doesn't even do that. It connects to your MSDN-account to check if you have the required licenses.

At least mine does..

Einstalbert on April 24, 2014 | [–]

Same. It punches through to an account with licensing on it. Specific VS licensing, too, as our MSDN account doesn't offer anything other than the installer unless we opt to buy seats.

tonyedgecombe on April 24, 2014 | [–]

Mine needed a key, I guess because I bought it off the shelf.

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