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Windows Activation (lemmy.world)

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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[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

That's assuming you've ever logged into the account.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It isn't mandatory? Can I detach my account from an install that is already registered, or would they just make the association anyways with the hardware specs?

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

It's not mandatory, but they keep making it harder every update.

I'm not sure your registration would remain once you detach the account from your install, but I do think you can still detach it.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

You unplug ethernet during the install to get the "limited setup", which just means without a microsoft account.

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