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From: Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid>
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Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 07:23:08 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-03, Andrzej Matuch 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.
>
I have installed Win11 in qemu to see what it is like and how easy it is to
bypass the online account requirement. I have to say the average person would
not know how to do it, even if they knew it was possible.

-- 
Simon

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