Validation is required to run it and get some updates and add-ons. If the OS came pre-installed with the PC (for example, you bought a Dell or HP) it is already validated.
Registration (telling Microsoft your personal data, like name, address, email) is not required.
So there must be some other cause that it hangs.
Kees
hey guys need the need a little bit of the help!! My OS is pissing me off as it continiously hangs so I thought that does my OS necessarily be registered with the Microsoft ????? Any suggestions and help will be really appreciated!!!

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