submitted 1 year ago by ninakuup21@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] yoichi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Why go through all that when MAS exists. Just activate it yourself with a single script, use the same thing for MS Office as well. I'll never understand why people choose to pay for stolen/enterprise keys

[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 points 1 year ago

Can you still run windows updates when using MAS?

[-] Wreckronomicon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, windows functions exactly as it would should you have used a legit key and will tie in to any MS account you have logged in to permanently activate it forever (no need to keep activating), it even allows you to upgrade your Windows edition from home to pro if you wanted to. I have been doing this for literally a decade or more and have had zero repercussions from doing so.

[-] sahqon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

How do you upgrade to pro? I installed home because I was thinking of using my existing win7 key, then though better and activated the other way (because the old computer is still in use by mum - she gets my castoffs lol). But I would have installed pro if I knew I'll want to keep the win7...

[-] Wreckronomicon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Open windows poweshell - type in "irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex" (without quotes) - when the menu comes up press "6" - in the next menu press "1" - in the next menu press the number that corresponds to the edition that you would like.