Hello people I have recently changed my CPU, Motherboard and RAMs so I was planning on reinstalling windows on my PC. Last time I installed Windows was probably or so 10 years ago and I can’t remember for the life of me how I activated it.

Any recommendations on activating the new install? Or is it too much trouble nowadays and should I just buy a key?

  • 🧟‍♂️ Cadaver@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Buy a key from a chinese retailer. 5€ for a fully functional windows.

    If you don’t want to, there are KMS tools but they work for a time then they don’t anymore.

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            1 year ago

            You don’t know much about piracy, do you? Pirated stuff doesn’t always mean it’s free. For example, services like kino.pub - pure piracy, yet have monthly subscription. Which is worth it. I’m a pirate since early 90-s and it’s a huge multi billion dollar industry. From pirated VHS cassettes sold super cheap on flea markets back in the days to illegal software keys sold online for pennies today.

            Nature of pirating, lol.

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        1 year ago

        Piracy could also mean “buy shit for way less”. Instead of a 200$ key you can have it for 2-5$. It kinda fits.

        Plus you can have it free but it’ll be a hassle or very low price and it won’t be a hassle. The choice is his.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah go pay for a key that’s gonna get revoked once MS figures out its being illegally resold nahhhh

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        To be fair, there’s an almost zero percent chance of the key being revoked. Microsoft sells (or sold) W10 keys for peanuts all over the world depending on the market. They don’t region lock. Their current strategy is monetising services, so there’s no risk they’re suddenly going to u-turn on their decade long strategy and kick off MS users.

        Worst case scenario OP has to use one of the hacks explained in this submission in a few years.

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          Why go through all that when MAS exists. Just activate it yourself with a single script, use the same thing for MS Office as well. I’ll never understand why people choose to pay for stolen/enterprise keys