Does a refurbished laptop come with genuine, activated Windows?

Edify refurbished laptops ship with Windows 11 Pro pre-installed and freshly reinstalled as part of the refurbishment process. A clean OS reinstall is standard practice at any serious refurbisher: it removes the previous owner's data and gives you a fresh, ready-to-use system. When buying refurbished anywhere, confirm two things, that the Windows installation is genuine and activated (so it keeps receiving security updates), and that it was freshly installed rather than carried over from the previous user. An informal seller may ship a non-genuine or unactivated copy, which is a real grey-market risk and a reason to buy certified. Note that the operating system and other software are not covered under the hardware warranty, this is standard across the industry, so confirm activation at delivery and within your return window. At Edify, every unit ships with a genuine, activated Windows 11 Pro licence, freshly reinstalled, and the configuration, including the Windows version, is listed on the product page.