I am trying to find out how out-of-warranty replacement of OEM motherboards (e.g., Dell, Lenovo, etc) will handled digital product keys. Supposedly, the service provider must "contact Microsoft" to ...

I'm a Linux user and I just got a new Dell laptop. I expected it to be normal and, you know, have a sticker with a license key on it. Turns out it does not... So how the heck am I supposed to properly ...