He probably doesn't have "volume licensing" I don't, but I do get a discount when I buy certain components from a authorized Microsoft reseller, like a motherboard.
I feel your pain. I have fixed so many computers for people took them to a "shop" and got ripped off.
Win 10 is way tricky to install, it's not like the Win 95 days when I just had a drive (legal) that I could clone over with everything pre installed, boom done.
If you need help PM me and I'll see what I can do.
For the Dell XPS try a different network adapter, maybe a USB to see if it stays connected. Substitution is sometimes the only way to figure things out.
I just spent about a year with COX trying to figure out my internet connection. Had 38 technicians here to no avail, turned out to be the NIC amongst other things.
PS I read all your posts, have for a long time, your a smart guy, you'll figure it out.

Check this article

http://www.howtogeek.com/272201/all-the-ways-you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free/

I make my living working on PC's
I charge labor to install win 10, mainly to transfer the customers data, but I don't charge for the OS. Unless the customer want's a retail boxed version.
Every win 10 install I've done has been legal and registered with MS.

Office Depot does too, up to 10 per month, you need to have a rewards card to get the points

I wish there was a "like" button on here

You might want to look at this

http://usherald.com/heres-proof-hillary-didnt-win-popular-vote-mainstream-media-lying/

From a trip to Alaska

Snow Blower in Skagway

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Train and some railings in Skagway

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Too bad we don't have a like button

If you check the news, the cops were looking for a fugitive at that address

"Just before 4 PM on Tuesday, police fatally shot Keith L. Scott at a Charlotte, North Carolina, apartment complex while attempting to serve a warrant to another man."

Nice shots of some cool cars. I'll be at the 12 Hours next year, 44th year

Nice shots, very sharp. What did you pay to rent that lens?

Great job! Were you in another aircraft or on the ground?

One year I couldn't make it to The 24 Hours of Daytona so I took a couple pictures of the TV (more as a joke)
Nikon F3 HP slide film and a Sony TV
Oh, I worked for Jaguar at the time

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I like to sit close to the TV

Our son is a TV producer and camera man for a CBS affiliate here in FL
He also teaches video production at Santa Fe College and works at University of Florida doing video
Here's a demo if your interested. They show a few people using HD cameras but it was all shot with Canon DSLRs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrLWLvMBWio

Nice job, pictures too.
I've never been able to get there

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