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?

    • dax@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      It’s pretty ironic that this is hosted on a Microsoft owned service. I hope they have a mirror available somewhere

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      1 year ago

      Sorry for the double reply but do you know if this works for every version of Windows 10 or just specific ones?

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        1 year ago

        should work on every version. Afaik the activation sequence is the same for all windows 10 versions so i can’t see why it wouldn’t work on some versions

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    1 year ago

    Any random win7/win10/win11 key works.
    Personally I scratch of the old win7 keys of old customers that gave them to us for recycling amd use them for myself :)

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      1 year ago

      I’m an avid Void user, so I get the value of linux. But I cringe every time I see a comment like this. The OP has asked a specific question about a specific version of a specific OS. Someone asking about an OS should not be considered an invitation to tell them about another.

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        1 year ago

        It’s like going on a car sub where someone’s asking how to repair the brakes on a Ford Focus, and someone replying “Well I have a Hyundai i20 and it doesn’t have that problem”

        Fuckin irritating kids

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          1 year ago

          More like going on a car sub where someone is asking for a specific car for free, and someone replying “well I have a different car you can have for free”

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    1 year ago

    I just used the injector or whatever I got with the LTSC ISO. No trouble whatsoever.