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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

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[–] 110 points 10 months ago (10 children)

This alone is enough for me, to consider Windows a bad choise.

I've said that line so many times.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I would note that every single time I've tried to reactivate windows after a mobo or CPU upgrade, it has failed.

    I guess it's supposed to work better if you sign into your Microsoft account ever, which I don't, because I see literally no reason they would need me to expect to advance spyware and adware.

    The phone activation is the only thing that has worked. Good thing I've been dual booting a Ubuntu fork for the past six months. I guess after my next hardware upgrade I'll be Linux only.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I‘ll stay with 10 until I figured out Bitwig.

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

    What's your current DAW of choice? If it's Ableton, Bitwig should be a breeze to figure out.

    Also aside from that, most DAWs and VSTs work great in WINE.

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