Note: OEM keys (pre-installed on major brand PCs) will not work here — use Method 2 or 3 below.
An hour passed. The computer rebooted twice.
Arthur turned to his own workstation, a beast of a machine that ran a virtualized environment for just this purpose. He opened his secure browser. This was the digital archaeology part—the part he never told customers about. Finding the "old magic" wasn't as easy as clicking a link. The official gates were closed, the servers repurposed, the digital signatures expired.