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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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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Sorry souls who don't want to create a MS account if they just need to reimage a PC or only need a local account. Such a blatant attempt at locking folks into their ecosystem. Same as Apple.

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

    Use Pro edition and you aren't locked into an account.

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

    Yeah. Owning the thing you pay for is a premium feature.

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  • [+] -6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    That doesn't make sense.

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

    Yeah, but that's apparently how Microsoft rolls, as you noted.

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

    💯 this. Yes, you can still create a local account from the Out of Box Experience with the Pro version when selecting "Domain Join". But my original statement still stands as this feature had to be added back in after many folks complained. Whereas the Home version has been slowly losing the methods to just make an account and go about your day. Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Yes, you can still create a local account from the Out of Box Experience with the Pro version when selecting "Domain Join". But my original statement still stands as this feature had to be added back in after many folks complained

    [Citation needed]

    That never happened to me despite deploying hundreds of PCs in the early stages of the initial OS rollout. Even in nondomain systems, creating the local account was trivial, even if you did have to navigate through dark patterns to make you think you didn't have another option.

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