Certificate of Authenticity
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A Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
is a label to help you and your customers identify
genuine Microsoft Windows software. Without it,
your customers will not have legal licenses to run
their Windows software.
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The COA
is not a software license.
The
Certificate of Authenticity is only a visual identifier
that helps determine whether Microsoft software is
genuine. It should never be distributed by itself
without the software it authenticates.
The COA label is contained within
the OEM System Builder software pack for Windows
software. System builders are required to affix the
Windows COA label to the side of the PC on which the
software is being preinstalled. Licenses must also be
distributed with hologram media, documentation, and the
EULA.
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*Note:
The EULA can typically be found online within the
software
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