Activation scripts can be put onto a USB drive, so if nothing else, there’s always a way to keep using the hardware you paid for (assuming you want to stay hostage to these fucks)
Comment on Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
This is the dumbest decision for one reason alone: some laptops and desktops that lack updated drivers cannot connect to the internet.
It literally happened to me with a lenovo laptop, where I had to find a way to bypass the internet requirement or else I’d have a $800 paperweight.
If I didn’t need Windows for a specific reason I’d be on Linux, believe me. But this decision is ridiculous.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Anivia@feddit.org 5 days ago
I don’t see how this particular thing is an issue. You don’t need to activate Windows during the setup. You can skip activation, update the driver, and then activate windows afterwards
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I think the real problem is setting up Windows without a Microsoft account?
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
that wouldn’t work without tinkering anyways with the latest windows 11 versions
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 days ago
or use your phone or any other device to get the activation key.