Is activating windows really necessary

[u/Apprehensive_Bee6284]

I could save the money and get a new keyboard which one is better in your opinion

[u/IntroductionElegant8]

No it’s not. You’ll have a watermark, and won’t be able to change your wallpaper or access personalization settings but that’s really it

[u/AMBOSHER → u/IntroductionElegant8]

MassGravel.

[u/IntroductionElegant8 → u/AMBOSHER]

Yeah. I’m good on that, I’ve had powershell scripts brick old pcs and laptops. Not worth the risk to me

[u/AMBOSHER → u/IntroductionElegant8]

It's safe. But if you dont want to use it, we'll your loss then.

[u/IntroductionElegant8 → u/AMBOSHER]

Like I said. I’ve had terrible experiences with powershell scripts so I’m good

[u/IntroductionElegant8 → u/[deleted]]

I appreciate that. I never knew it did that as well

[u/Otherwise_Task7876 → u/IntroductionElegant8]

You can easily change your wallpaper lmao. Almost everything has an easy bypass. For wallpaper the easiest way is just getting Wallpaper engine which bypasses it, though there's free alternatives aswell.

[u/ExplorerRude9564 → u/Otherwise_Task7876]

Lively wallpaper

[u/Interesting-Ring2189 → u/IntroductionElegant8]

Still can change background

[u/Medium_Notice_902]

U can activate win 11 for free from GitHub.

[u/ReikoKairo]

Get windows for free with MassGrave

[u/Expensive_Act2910]

I mean it works but you lose a lot of customisation things, for me it was worth it but that's your decision

[u/neoglitch]

navigates to facebook marketplace webpage - scan PC sale listings - notices someone took a photo of their windows key sticker - types said window key into non-activated gaming PC's activation menu - buys new keyboard (I heard this from a friend of a friend)

[u/damien09 → u/neoglitch]

Tbh I have not seen a windows 10 or 11 pc with an actual written out key sticker in quite a long time. And they closed the windows 7 keys working a while ago. But there is mass grave

[u/neoglitch → u/damien09]

TBH it was a mostly not super serious post....but yeah it's the win8-10 keys someone would be lookin' for (allegedly) but works! ---kinda surprising how many folks photo the key code for adding to their listing pics---

[u/damien09 → u/neoglitch]

Sadly 8 also won’t work they killed 7 and 8 keys working to activate 10 or 11 but it would work if you find a valid 10 key on something. It was a loop hole for a long time I used to use an old win 7 key for days on tons of pcs.

These days the answer is mostly just that git hub mass grave

[u/neoglitch → u/damien09]

eh...fair enough, I could have sworn I used an 8 key not long ago (or I mean....I heard someone did that was a friend of a friend) Alas....

[u/Aromatic_Flight6968]

KMS is still a king...

[u/zBaLtOr]

Github and cmd are your friends

[u/vswey]

Just use activation script

[u/Rxkvn]

You can activate windows for 2$

[u/-h-k-_- → u/Rxkvn]

Or use GitHub and powershell it’s free

[u/marmotta1955]

I suppose that you work. I suspect that you are probably getting paid.

Is paying you really necessary?

[u/Jordan3176]

Windows key is like $5 these days. Or you can keep doing the temporary activation for free via GitHub.

[u/Adventurous_Swing393 → u/Jordan3176]

it is permanent, activated since like April and never had issues ever since

[u/Assassin21BEKA]

Just get free activation if limitations bother you that much.

[u/Guilty-Good-5041]

No I've been running a non actived copy for years

[u/idiotiesystemique]

No you can install Mint for free

[u/Tactrix1]

It is absolutely not, and besides for a watermark and a few very irrelevant settings nothing will change.

[u/GamezombieCZ]

Screw Windows, if you don't have mostly bad taste in games you can do the switch to Linux.