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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>On 2024-05-03 3:26 p.m., chrisv wrote:
>> Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>> 
>>> The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install
>>> Windows without being forced to enter a Microsoft account
>> 
>> For the home version, and there's work-arounds for that, for the
>> motivated.
>
>The mere fact that you need to jump through hoops to do something which 
>should be a direct option is disgusting. Some of us have a Pro license 
>but, when we install, we do so by downloading the latest ISO from their 
>web site so that we won't have to spend a few hours doing updates. That 
>only affords us the option of installing the Home version; upgrades 
>happen after the system has already been installed. As a result, you 
>indeed have to log in.


If you have a Pro product key, there's no reason the Home edition
should install.  Perhaps you mean specifically the key that transforms
Home into Pro, useful in converting OEM systems into retail Pro OS
licenses, but for naked systems it's best to get a discounted license
from Bleeping Computer or such.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent.  States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.