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?
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This is the way
It’s pretty ironic that this is hosted on a Microsoft owned service. I hope they have a mirror available somewhere
This is the correct answer!
Definitely this is the way
Sorry for the double reply but do you know if this works for every version of Windows 10 or just specific ones?
should work on every version. Afaik the activation sequence is the same for all windows 10 versions so i can’t see why it wouldn’t work on some versions
Worked on 11, safe to assume works on all 10’s
If you call microsoft support and tell them you got a key for 3$ off a website but it doesnt work then play stupid for 30mins they give you a free one.
Any random win7/win10/win11 key works.
Personally I scratch of the old win7 keys of old customers that gave them to us for recycling amd use them for myself :)GASP You wouldn’t download Windows!?
I don’t have any recommendation beyond what has already been said but if none of the solutions work or seem too much to handle and you don’t absolutely need windows for whatever reason (mostly work, if gaming is what you’re worrying about Linux works fine usually now that steam is pushing for more conpatibility) I’d rather recommend you try out Linux Mint (or Nobara if you want all the gaming stuff to be setup for you already) instead of buying windows as it will save you money and time.
Went through this recently. Had to get a new drive and install fresh and going through the setup process in windows 10 just broke my spirit. I downloaded Garuda Linux and havent even finished setting up windows.
Which Windows? Windows 10 and above have the key attached to your Microsoft account, so you shouldn’t have any issues. I’m pretty sure they’re free now anyways (in exchange for being spyware).
That’s assuming you’ve ever logged into the account.
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.
This is for piracy, piracy means not buying shit.
Since when?
Uhm… Thats the nature of taking things without paying…
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.
They take it for free and sell it to you, they are pirates, you are not, you just know you pay for a pirated product.
Lol what? You don’t take something for free. Oh man, kids these days…
You are just not understanding the therm piracy correctly.
It is maybe time to try something else like Linux for exemple.
I’m an avid Void user, so I get the value of linux. But I cringe every time I see a comment like this. The OP has asked a specific question about a specific version of a specific OS. Someone asking about an OS should not be considered an invitation to tell them about another.
Thank you for saying this! The Linux virtue signaling is so strong around here that it really is off putting. Like, we get it. You’re a super duper computer person that’s super duper smart and has made the smartest of smart choices in your OS.
I’ve been a programmer for 13 years now and can do anything from the command line yet I still think GNU/Linux is garbage as a desktop OS… it has nothing to do with being good with computers. The only good argument for Linux is a FOSS only mentality
It’s like going on a car sub where someone’s asking how to repair the brakes on a Ford Focus, and someone replying “Well I have a Hyundai i20 and it doesn’t have that problem”
Fuckin irritating kids
More like going on a car sub where someone is asking for a specific car for free, and someone replying “well I have a different car you can have for free”
But Linux is a Windows app…
Linux is a family of operating system running the Linux kernel.
You may be thinking of WSL, a subsystem for linux on windows.
My god…
Lol
I just used the injector or whatever I got with the LTSC ISO. No trouble whatsoever.
