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phoenixz ,

Install Linux and be done with this nonsense. Why deal with this shit year after year when you can also have software that you can just use any which way you like? And yes, that now also includes gaming. Pretty much the only thing that still sucks to get working well is Adobe software and fuck Adobe too.

Edit: yes, I’ve become that guy, and I’m fucking proud of it. 20 years I’ve been on Linux thinking " why the fuck would anyone use Windows" and for 20 years I’ve read article after article how Microsoft screws over people, how their bottomline is just plain money, how they literally try to sabotage the competition, including Linux, and I’m done. Microsoft company should be burned to the ground, figuratively, let it go bankrupt

yum13241 ,

I still have to use Winblows sometimes.

phoenixz ,

You have my sympathy

bear_with_a_hammer ,

Question:

If I activate my Windows (never had a geniune activation key), can I use activation key to geniunely activate future Windows installs without using activators?

Kit ,

Yeah. I started with a Win 7 key and upgraded to 10 on multiple machines with it.

Unless Windows no longer decides to do free OS upgrades in the future.

MaxHardwood ,

Unless Windows no longer decides to do free OS upgrades in the future.

I’ve got some bad news for you…

ultratiem ,
@ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

Well people had almost 10 years to get onto W10, so not really a big deal. If you registered a copy of W10 you’re good for another 10 years give or take.

bazingabrain ,
@bazingabrain@hexbear.net avatar

im a dummy when it comes to these things, I wanted to switch from win10 family to pro but uuh it didnt do anything really? It also told me I had corrupted services and then spent 30 min authenticating and froze.

so i dont think its working on my pc too well, but there is a very solid chance i dont understand how to use this tool

pipes ,

AFAIK this shouldn’t change your system, it only activates it, you need to find another way to upgrade/reinstall to a different Windows version. Idk how because I always did clean installs, and for many years now I only use Enterprise LTSC (on a usb ssd with WinToUSB, my internal ssds only have linux).

totallynotfbi ,

Good to see them fix this so quickly, but what’s stopping Microsoft from blocking HWID activations on a GVLK? After all, those keys would normally be activated through a KMS instead of Microsoft, so it’s clearly abnormal behaviour

bazingabrain ,
@bazingabrain@hexbear.net avatar

uuuuh I hope i didnt fuck myself and my PC up doing this then!

totallynotfbi ,

Oh no, you’re all good, it’s just that this may not work for new people trying this soon. If you activated already, then it should stick until you change your computer’s motherboard

pastermil ,

That was quick…

ultratiem ,
@ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s MS. They couldn’t secure a cup of coffee.

dudewitbow ,

You have to hand it to mocrospft though in the console department, xbox generally dont have software hacks to jailbreak consoles historically (generally hard mods), but nintendo and sonys OS is usually riddled with exploits.

ultratiem ,
@ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/d9f078c2-052a-4c17-b6f6-0b9befe453f6.jpeg

dudewitbow ,

The WiiU had far.backeards compatibility and very low population, but was not immune to exploits.

Officially wii, had built in emulators for old retro consoles and stuff, and unofficially gamecube.

ultratiem ,
@ultratiem@lemmy.ca avatar

The reason no one cares to crack the Xbox isn’t because of MS security let’s get real. It’s not like MS all of a sudden became competent on that one thing.

dudewitbow ,

Why would the 360 need a hardware exploit if their security would be bad enough for a software one then?

Bread ,

To add to this, not one person has jail broken a steam deck. Not because it is impossible, but because it would be pointless.

totallynotfbi ,

To expand on this, most of the developers who make these jailbreaks openly disavow their use for piracy, and focus more on homebrew applications. Since Microsoft lets you sideload any app you want in Dev Mode, there’s no incentive to unlock Retail Mode, whereas other console makers have no such system and thereby get targeted more

deafboy ,
@deafboy@lemmy.world avatar

I’m surprised this is still on github.

Contend6248 ,

What do you mean, Microsoft support still needs it: bleepingcomputer.com/…/microsoft-support-cracks-w…

Wouldn’t be surprised if they made the pull request themself.

pragma ,
@pragma@lemmy.zip avatar

yeah at this point with all the ads, bloatware and telemetry, windows costing money is the real scam

Unkend ,

They care about OEM’s and Business using it not a few Gamer’s

ledifrellim , (edited )

Will this convert a home edition to pro?

lickmysword ,

Doubt it, but it could aid you once you’ve acquired a windows pro installer. ;)

TheChargedCreeper864 ,

Previous version did. Converted a friend’s laptop from home (oem provided) to pro and my own from home (oem provided) to enterprise

speq ,

It does, pretty easily. There’s a convenient “change Windows edition” menu item.

Moonrise2473 ,

What’s the asdcorp logo? Arch for head, win8 for body and… snapcraft for arms?

Haha ,

What does this do?

Contend6248 ,

Activates your Windows installation with a legit activation method, you can even reinstall Windows and have it pre-activated because the activation is on your hardware ID.

It takes a free upgrade routine, but Microsoft stopped free upgrades from Windows 7 to 11, so apparently there is another way now.

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