What's the best way to pirate a recent Windows OS?
What's the best way to pirate a recent Windows OS?
My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn't an option
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ISO download from Microsoft directly. Use Rufus to make an installer USB. Click the "I do not have a license key" option. Who cares about the watermark.
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You can permanently activate it with the scripts from massgravel: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
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Didn't microsoft recently push something to prevent these from working?
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They recently broke hwid, but was recently fixed as of 2.2. The other method worked fine still
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Personally, I'd never use one of these scripts.
Most PCs have a windows key burned in to the BIOS.
https://www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
I'd start there and see if it can be used for 11 or upgraded through the versions. Then I'd take a "clean" backup and use that to re-install in the future, instead of a new ISO.
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Don't ever run random scripts from the Internet unless you understand every line.
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but do run scripts that have been verified by reputable sources
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