Install Linux and don’t have to deal with any of the shit Microsoft software
Or use Windows 10 Activator
Okay, I’ll use the Microsoft-endorsed activation tool
Ima try that later. Had the activate windows water mark on my monitor for like a year lol.
I wish we could just get back to an updated version of 7. Everything since has sucked.
If you don’t use any software that requires Windows, you should give Kubuntu a try. I’ve found it very easy to use, as someone coming from Windows.
Probably blocks the MAS activation scripts from working too.
Sure enough, on their site:
Note: 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.
This is the real blow. Truly the end of an era.
Lucky me, just used last month to upgrade to 10 pro
So I can’t upgrade my sistem that works perfectly fine because it doesn’t meet one of their frivolous requirements. And now I can’t use the key that I legally purchased? Sounds like MS doesn’t want me to use their products.
They don’t want you, because they only want people that will happily conform and accept the walled garden they are slowly building towards
I have some trusty KMS activator that I have to use every year once, so far no problems
I have around 30 windows 7 pro COAs (used to work in a pc repair shop, pulled the COAs on every dead pc that came through). Most of them are from dells, but I haven’t had an issue activating on custom pcs. If anyone wants one, let me know
Can I have 3?
Best limit it to one to share the love - DM’d you
Ty!
Can i get one? Upgraded my PC and windows wont accept my old code, been running without activation for a while lol
DM’d you
Wym man I pacman -Syu 20 times a day with no problem. You guys need keys?
You guys need keys?
Yeah, sometimes if I haven’t booted up my laptop in a while, I’ll run pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring to get the keys I need.
Haven’t happened to me yet. I’ll keep this in mind. My arch devices are constantly in use.
Shady
You guys are using keys?
My first legit Windows Version I installed(not pre-installed) was when my university gave keys out for free.
Before that I used sketchy tools to activate my Windows. Since I am using Linux only my vms don’t get activated. Windows 10 runs fine without activation.
I’ve had the same Win8 Pro key that I purchased for $40 when it released 12 years ago. I’ve used it for Win10 and 11. Is this saying if I format my drive and reinstall Win11 that I won’t be able to activate using this key anymore?
After Garuda Linux I don’t even use that crap on our gaming machine. Never again.
Activate Linux
Not like I wanted to, my older PCs running windows 7 aren’t eligible for Windows 11 anyway
It’s because of the TPM shit but there are ways to bypass that in the installer. There’s not that much difference in the architecture of Windows 7 v.s Windows 11, and there is theoretically nothing stopping a Win7 machine from running Win11. It’s all the same since Vista anyway. That was the last major architecture revamp.
Try installing fresh from USB. Typically works for me on any machine that says it couldn’t install on
Ahemm… MAS
MAS is directly affected by this and doesn’t work anymore.
On their GitHub it looks like they’re looking for a way around it.
Hmm… interesting, I haven’t used MAS for a while because I have windows 7 OEM key stuck with my MS account I wonder if it won’t work anymore but I’m still rocking win10 anyway
