That's fine. But the chances of me giving Microsoft money for a copy of windows in 2024 is zero. I think that's true of pretty much everyone.
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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Right? They try to make us the product by hard baking invasive telemetry into windows. Then want us to pay for it too? Nawh.
Most people buying a non-apple pre built machine or a laptop don't really have a choice. Microsoft subsidized their hardware so that they end up "buying" windows regardless. Especially regarding laptops, there just isn't always an option for buying the hardware and specs you want without getting Windows bundled by default. OEM bundling and business licenses are what's keeping Windows dominant in desktop market share. They don't need individuals to choose Windows, the choice has likely already been made for them.
Still works with Windows 10 keys, however. Makes sense since Windows 8 and earlier are EOL now. Also, you don't have to activate Windows if you don't want to, it'll just bug you occasionally.
Definitely don't paste this into cmd if your windows is still inactivated: irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex
Actually it's also affected for HWID activation. From the link you posted:
Microsoft servers are currently rejecting HWID activation requests when activating through MAS, we’re checking what’s going on now. Use the KMS38 activation option for now.
Thanks, good to know
If I could upvote you more than once, I would! Thank you for the info!!
can you at least activate windows 7 with windows 11 keys?
Can I license Windows 10 with a Windows 7 key and then upgrade to Windows 11?
Surely they wouldn’t revoke your license after the upgrade.
Came to lemmy to ask about this. I suddenly see the overlay of "Activation Windows." I'm using a key from Windows 7 Ultimate. Fuck Microsoft, thanks for making me finally pull the trigger on Linux, ya fuck wads.