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Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 10 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 17 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Microsoft ended activation over the phone.

That's fine, I don't know anyone who ever used it.

Just use Microsoft's own activation scripts.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    Over the phone was useful for activating stuff without internet. Like VMs that you dont want on the internet. It was basically required for XP boxes, as they would lock up after 30 days.

    Haven't needed to use it for the more modern windows, I just left them unactivated.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

    But XP never really needed actual activation, it used a key.

    So long as you had one valid key you're good forever.

    In my career and private lab, I've built literally thousands of machines - never once had to call MS to activate.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I definitely needed to call to activate XP. I have an MSDN account, so had keys, but definitely needed to call a few times. Its a pretty unforgettable experience. Maybe it was something to do with the msdn keys not being accepted?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    You could only activate the same key several times before you had to call.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    That could be it, but doesnt make sense for an air-gapped box?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)
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