I’m looking to test out Windows, but I don’t want to download it without my VPN. I’m trying to use it in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough so I can play all my games. I also obviously don’t want to pay for a copy. TIA!
What if someone wants to download ltsc?
Windows long term service (not sure what the c means)
Channel?
Code?Yes channel, that’s the one
You can get an iso for that from Microsoft or internet archive and follow the same steps.
You don’t download pirated copies for your your safety.
Download official ISOs from https://massgrave.dev/ (preferably the business editions and install Enterprise,… or Pro) and then use the provided activator on the same website.
Side note: Enterprise is the same as Pro without some telemetry / garbage by default or that can be further disabled, so you can safely use it.
The easy way to get a clean copy is to download it directly from Microsoft. You can generate a valid download link using the follwing website (just make sure the domain of the generated link points to Microsoft and nothing bad can happen)\https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.phpAs for the activation, I have found that the My Digital Life Forums have good activators available usually:
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.51/
Edit: Sorry it looks like TechBench is dead, but this site seems to work the same way:
Just use quickemu, it will download the ISO and setup the VM for you in less than 10 minutes. If it doesn’t download the ISO you can get it from M$'s website.
Also if you don’t wanna pay and don’t absolutely need windows just use any one of the many free Linux distros honestly.
The fact that this is available on a Microsoft-owned source code repository is bonkers to me.
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This right here. If I remember correctly Gates even said there was no issue as long as people were using Windows.
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It’s not dumb to work 9-5 if it’s your only choice. And most people weren’t saying that billionaires are dumb, just that they’re psychopaths.
I heard from someone that MS support just tells people to use this if something goes wrong with their key.
They use it internally as well.
Because they get your data as long as you install Windows and your data over time is worth more than you would pay for the OS.
Not really as that brings pennies. The logic is the same as WinRar. Basically they don’t care about users pirating since it helps them retain the market share since middle aged or older people aren’t that tech savvy.
The biggest moneymaker in retail sector is laptop manufacturers bundling windows with their laptops and companies/corporations using legit windows copies.
They get ridiculous amounts of money just to provide security updates to windows XP because there are loads of equipment that can’t be run without the specific software that is incompatible with later versions.
And they will get ridiculous amounts of money 20 years down the line for doing the same with windows 10 too as long as they retain the massive market share and middle aged people will be accustomed to win 10.
You are probably talking about future me…
It comes to everyone. At a certain point you just lose the energy to keep learning new tech.
I’ve heard that that’s similar to why Adobe creative cloud was so easy to pirate for years (maybe it still is, idk, I switched to affinity forever ago). Adobe is the industry standard because everyone uses it -> person wants to learn photo/video editing, digital illustration, etc, but can’t afford it -> pirate Adobe instead of trying cheaper/free alternatives, because it’s the industry standard -> person with Adobe skills gets hired by business that pays for Adobe legitimately because that’s what most people know -> Adobe is the industry because everyone uses it, and the cycle goes on…
Hardly ever use Windows myself, but I’m pretty sure you can just download it from Microsoft and refuse all the nags to register it when you are installing it.
You can indeed. You end up with a permanent small water mark on bottom right hand side of the screen as a reminder to activate. Currently you can keep it like this indefinitely.
You cannot personalise the desktop but I think that is all.
You end up with a permanent small water mark on the bottom right-hand side of the screen as a reminder to activate. Currently, you can keep it like this indefinitely.
There are tricks to make the watermark invisible without activating Windows. It works just fine if Windows 10 is not your primary operating system and you don’t plan to personalize your operating system after fiddling around a bit just after you get it installed. You can personalize it for about a couple months before the activating logo shows up; at least that’s how I always experienced it.
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Why would you download a “pirated” copy? Just download the dumbass Windows official installer from Microsoft and use the link Ardi60 posted. There’s no reason to needlessly get yourself root-kitted because you were downloading an OS that doesn’t even need to be cracked in order to install.
Download the official iso from Microsoft, install it, then run MAS on it if you really want to activate it.
Does wine have problems with some of your games?
wine has problems with a lot of games unfortunately, especially ones with any sort of anticheat.
The games with client side anticheat install a rootkit. I wouldn’t install any if they paid me to, let alone pirate them.
Most games without anticheat work fine. Sometimes there are issues with DRM, but the pirated version with the DRM bypassed will often work.
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php /s, but you can use the offical version for playing games and stuff without paying, and there are easy ways to get around the limitations (remove watermark, change desktop background, etc).
mint is garbage
For the actual Windows image you can legitmately download ISOs for most every version of Windows from Microsoft directly, you just need your browser’s user agent to say you’re using a non-Windows OS. Since you say you’re looking to “test Windows” it sounds like you’re on another OS, so you should be able to just download an ISO normally.
Are you one of those fabled pure Linux virgins the prophecies speak of? Untainted by Microsofts corruption? Or are you a decadent MacOS slut looking to debase yourself even further?
Could you say that last line one more time? Me and my MacBook Air are almost there…
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Lmao this is a banger of a comment.
IM JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE FACEPALS. JIMMY PUPT UP PICTURES OF THE KIDS AND I WNATED TO SEE THEM BUT THE DAM COMPUTER KEEPS PEEPING AT ME
You only need a key to activate Windows. Windows 10 and later will install and run just fine without activation.
