At least in case of digital download versions, no. There might be a driver installed for the disc-based versions, but I doubt it.
Not sure what you're referring to with the codes, but: the activations are tied to a system's hardware composition, basically the same system Windows uses. You'll need to re-activate if there are substantial changes. So yes to hardware code.
You get deactivations as well btw. If you know you'll need to reactivate later, for example when migrating to a new system, you can use one of those and save an activation. With 10 deactivations and 8 activations that's 18 installs on unique machines. And as said, ED can reset for BS and A-10 returns them on its own.
It's still DRM, so it sucks. But it's not the frightening Starforce that rooted at the core of your system and ate baby optical drives.
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