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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

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[โ€“] PrinzKasper@feddit.org 30 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Couldn't you theoretically download an ISO for an older version of Win 11, install that offline without an account, then update it to the latest version?

[โ€“] Latuga17@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

When I recently set up my laptop there was an rays command I was able to do to add the option back to use a local account

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