Why Does Linus Pirate Windows??
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Activate Windows. A surprisingly frequent appearance on Linus Tech Tips. But why would we pirate Windows? Will Microsoft sue us?
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Someone: Changes pc case.
Microsoft: i've never seen this man in my life
wh
lmao
@@johnthemannn thats the joke
@@33KK Ik, that's why I said lol
More like Bore Ragnarok.
It’s not “pirating” Windows if it’s literally allowed to use Windows unlicensed
no its not?
Lit!
@@nikolagavric6812 Yeah, it is.
@@dorianrandall9437 not***
@@noahw5887 yeah, pirating would be downloading the activated version for free
Basically it's like this:
-Changing new hardware
-Windows: "A platypus?"
-Put old hardware back
-Windows: "Perry the Platypus???"
I think its platypus btw
@@callumferry3097 oh yeah I just realised that. Thanks mate
Just read this with doofensmirtz accent
@@gregoritchvonpleutravt6281 lmao
@@gregoritchvonpleutravt6281 VIETNAM ACCENT!
Computer user: **changed their RGB fan **
Microsoft: Who the heck are you? **rips their license**
:(
🤣💀♥️
@@Theunicorn2012 where is "the heck"?
should've put "Activate Windows" at the bottom right of the screen, for the whole video.
Hah, then people will exit full screen to see the watermark, and realized it was the video lol
Hah, i exited fullscreen, but it's still there!
This is magic
Maybe i shouldn't change MoBo-s
lol
So, So smart
@@susternak you have inactive windows lol
Activate windows is burnt into my 2010 monitor after 4 years
Sad
Sue Microsoft for a new monitor!
I recently learnt the purpose of screensavers
Deepak Prajapati yes yes
@@deepakprajapati2635 oohhhh... so that is why they are called screensavers
I really don’t get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it’s just timeless.
Mine too
@@Theunicorn2012 l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.
@@HoroJoga l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.
@@scamdem1c l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.
@@yag821 l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.
The harder software firms make it to be legit, the more it drives people to piracy.
@@Theunicorn2012 The harder software firms make it to be legit, the more it drives people to piracy.
@@scamdem1c The harder software firms make it to be piracy, the more it drives people to legit
@@PurpleBaldGuy it's not that hard lol
Maybe the harder software firms were the piracy we made along the way
@@BananaPuppyBruh That hard software makes it legit, the more it drives people to lol
The reason that the PC you used kept Windows active was because you had the same thermal paste on.
best comment hands down
Nice
hey everyone, the guy named @Make America White Again is incapable of getting a joke. color me shocked
@Make America White Again This was a GREAT thread. Thanks for the laugh! :)
@@Slipfox_xyz r/woooosh
Everyone gangsta until Linus actually reads the EULA
and EULA doesn't even apply in Europe.
EULA? What's that??
@@SkyGamer911 End User License Agreement. The long texts that you just click okay during installation.
You stole my picture lol.
@@kotaspremiere2931 no, he was just looking for good hentai and accidentally placed it as his pfp
This vid literally showed me how to re activate windows for my new hardware. Cheers Linus.
"Literally"
@@samsizer2919 Literally.
@@fleckx Literally?
@@Saikocide Literally.
@@JeyAnirudhJekka TurboTax Free Edition is free, free, free, free
i fully support piracy
You are gonna get totally arrested lol
@@glitchedgamerz1064oh shoot you're right, today I'm getting arrested for piracing a 40yo game that even the company made sure it's not even available to purchase (but still totally illegal to pirate, somehow)
totally brainless to think you're getting arrested for piracing anything xd
ayo pause
@@glitchedgamerz1064nope. I'm not getting arrested for being poor
@@glitchedgamerz1064been pirating offline games since 2013
The way Linus introduces his sponsors makes me feel like I'm living in the Truman show.
@@johnflorezz haha, it’s uncanny.
nice pfp
Should we tell him boys?
@@Pg-ch5nb nah not yet
@@bertapos ok let’s wait till next year
Windows: *still activated after linus replaces the motherboard*
Linus: you weren't supposed to do that
XP and Vista were quite unforgiving, 7 was middle ground, but for windows 8 onwards to 10 is definitely more forgiving in hardware changes, especially when you used your legit key to install. I have been going forward with my 8.0 key -> 8.1 -> (gfx/hdd->ssd swap) -> 10 -> (gfx swap) -> link to account -> mb swap -> (various ssd->m.2 swaps) -> today :)
Windows representative watching and doing the whole thing happen hacking the camera
My activation void after i changed my motherboard.
@@lunotechan7342 It will, it just won't necessarily do it right away. You can swap out the motherboard and it'll look fine for a day, but once Windows goes through and does its verification magic at some point it'll recognize the swap and require activation again (usually within a day or so).
HE EVEN DID THE BOOT DRIVE BUT ALSO HE COULD OF PUT THE SAME RAM IN THERE THATS PROBOBLY WHAT IT PICKED UP ON
I had that problem in the 80's & 90's. While building a lot of systems and swapping boards, drives and memory in and out of my personal tower. Back then it wasn't a watermark. It was more intrusive. And I forget which version it was but it was a big window popup that kept coming back.
It was like this on the older versions of windows. If I remember correctly, a fullscreen popup would appear every four hours reminding you to activate a license and after a couple of days it was every hour. There were more than those popups but I don't remember them now.
@@wakkowarner3716 Windows 98!!!
Windows has been making it more difficult to boot with windows without a key. For Windows 11, they removed the "skip" and "I don't have internet" options while starting up, essentially forcing you to enter a key. There's actually a task manager workaround for that, but it baffles my mind!
just use AAct and forget about it
Used Rufus to make my instalation key, totally skipped that babyyyyy
Which is why I stick to windows 10, my E-cores can suffer it matters not.
User: *changes lightbulb in office*
Microsoft: New phone, who dis?
Lool
It's me, Versthappening.
Lmao bro best one by far
Most underrated comment
@@StarsOfPleiades your joke is so cryptic but does this have something to do with F1 driver Max Verstappen?
someone: swaps a ram stick.
microsoft: WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE
LOST reference?
@@leatherzeppelin_krystalserpent
Spongebob
Copied
@@AshPikachu9 r/woooosh
@@Celery296 how
that was the smoothest sponsor transition i’ve ever seen.
That was an EXTREMELY smooth sponsor transition
Everyone: Activate windows!
Also everyone: *pirates games, movies, and windows itself*
I mean I don’t I buy steam keys for 30 cents for games that are 70 euro so it isn’t really pirating
@@basmannetjeee-fr You meant steam activations or you just buy credit cards on the dark web?lmao
Bonje Ben you get the codes at a store
@@basmannetjeee-fr Devs would rather you pirate than buy off those Dodgy key sites
DMediocreGuy Who’s pirates windows? If you buy a pc it comes preinstalled.
That was the best sponsor transition I've seen yet.
Then you havent seen many
Ikr
nah its pretty average
Actually Linus have a good way to talk about sponsor they had without using new sentences.
Take a look at s10 review🤣He forgot the script for transition
I've actually seen that Windows prompt after migrating drives between computers and it works so much better and more painlessly than the old way.
I had the same problem when I upgraded my pc. The hardware change was my guess to. Glad linus confirmed that. Although I'm forever stuck with the water mark lol.
When Linus swapped the motherboard and Windows was still activated that felt like the Gru meme come alive
Except that's not what happened.
T Colondovich Yes it was idiot
@@atube2993 calm the fuck down you idiotic bitch
@@legobatman2440 dang chill
@@Angel_423 bruh moment
Smoothest sponsors transition I’ve ever seen lol
By far!
Indeed
I've seen better, go to bbalbreakdown
so smooth it's annoying
The reactivation asks: "what pc is this" and prompts you to select your pc from a list with pc's from your account
Imagine sticking up for a multibillion dollar corporation by being mad at someone for not activating Windows.
its insane people actually care enough to get upset at him
People treat piracy like a trash, but scoop on them whenever they need it
Sure you can belive that to justify your actions
@@jungwirth984 Piracy is amazing
@@flamboyant1994 Well sure thats a positon I can understand. What I think is a bit trashy is someone else thinking "Ah its bad but everyone else does it so I´m gonna do it as well"
Just like you, always scoop your momma wallet
@@flamboyant1994 that's the spirit homie
Apparently, a lot of people did not know you could install and run windows without activating it immediately.
I have a Windows 7 machine I have only activated because of quarantine boredom
@@LH-nd9qg uuhhh... It's a dead OS. Please tell me you had anti-virus installed...
@@pizzagob1in17 nah, we win7 boomers are all hardcore parkour.
Where can I just download the os other than the Microsoft website?
@@gabrielbrown1027 you mean activate it?
Never once have I entered a product key during the Windows install process.
I remember I had to call windows before to reactivate my windows because I upgraded my video card around 6 or 7 years ago. I live in Asia, calling a US number is expensive and timing when to call was frustrating. I understand the part where you don't have to buy a key for every test benches build, you're not really the parts for actual day-to-day.
I also live in asia and they charge SO MUCH for international calls by the MINUTE, and especially on tech support calls like these, that call can last up to HALF an hour
Funny thing is, you call a US callcenter-number from Asia and land in a callcenter in Asia. Still have to pay like an idiot toast
If it was pirated, it would be activated. This is just Windows, unactivated.
rgrwlco not necessarily
sam8404 yes necessarily? Or am I missing something?
sam8404
wat... explain yourself
Can you elaborate? How can they be activated if they're pirated?
Pirated Windows acts like it is activated.
Windows: activate me!
Linux: Just install me, please.
I use arch btw
go (at least dual-boot) linux or go broke
@@M-Try I have dual-boot manjaro and debian.
I just game with a windows watermark and hardly notice it, downloaded it from Microsoft so it's not illegal
i use manjaro
Fun story: in a Facebook group I’m in, a guy asked where to buy an OEM Windows key. Someone replied with a picture of a sticker with a key for Windows 7 (which is upgradable to windows 10) and said “here, in case anyone needs it”
And that’s how I got a windows 10 license for free
So yeah, if you’re lucky you can just ask around and maybe someone nice enough will have an OEM key from a laptop or something that they don’t need
do you still have the code?
I once worked a job clearing out old desktops and laptops (mostly win7) and would snap a pic of the key before chucking them in the recycle bin. Don't have them anymore, unfortunately, but I linked like 5 keys to my microsoft account
That was the smoothest transition into a sponsor I've even seen in the beginning.
What this boils down to is Windows is trying to solve Theseus's ship and Linus is paying for their answer
Underrated comment.
@@karolisr agreed
banger
Wooo, I understood a highbrow reference haha
100% right man. But AFAIK the motherboard is the 'defining' component. I do not recall ever having issues with literally any other part swapped, including CPUs.
Licensed Windows : *Activated*
Pirated Windows: *Activated*
Microsoft : *Both OF You deserve Updates!*
NO WAY!
Makes sense, you don’t want the security of your Flagship OS compromised by unpatched systems, and they both generate that lucrative cash flow from advertisements and shovel ware.
Besides, their real money is from the software ecosystem and organizations.
People exploiting the system is better than people doing right things and getting f*cked
yeah I get updates.
@@kawesu8781 bro you can activate it through cmd :)
@@keyrix8687 How?
That sponsor transition probably the cleanest one to this day
Okay. Of all of your transitions that was the smoothest
Microsoft: "Please activate windows"
Me: "no"
Microsoft: "Understandable, have a nice day."
Micrsoft: "Have a nice day and would you be interested in a free lagit upgrade to wondow 8 and following that windows 10"
Everyone with pirated copy of windows 7: "well you are a shrewd negotiator, it seems you have me at a disadvantage, because that is an offer I just can't refuse.
To be fair I've done the same, I fried my motherboard about 2 years ago, when I switched it, I had the same activation issue and refuse to pay for another license, so have kept it with the activate windows prompt since then.
@@VORTENIAN I refused because windows 10 is spyware.
@@MrJaiimez u can esasily..deactivate that prompt yknow?
@@VORTENIAN clear me one thing not activating windows is not piracy if you dont activate them you are a lil bit limited but you downloaded windows from original microsoft website then the window is legit
I thought the title said "Why does *Linux* pirate windows" lmao
Same, it's why I clicked in the first place
Gabe Darrett when I saw the title for the first time I read the same thing
@@arafatgamingsomith saamee XDDD
was amused what Linus actually did!
I thought he ment Linus Torvalds xD
This has happened to me twice. Once when I upgraded my CPU (Full System Upgrade) & second time when I downgraded my GPU . I eventually gave up on buying windows after that
Him talking about piracy hasn't aged well has it? Imagine using TechNet commercially when you weren't supposed to.
I love how every thing he tried to show failed. Just because he was recording it. Just like when you want show someone an issue that happens with you but it never happens when there's another person near you. lmao
Its a law of nature
Or trying to do a cool trick but fail and as soon as they look away you actually do it
Double-slit experiment
Murphy's law
Yep. That's happened to me several times with electronics that were broken, but go to the store and they seem to be working. Like wtf?
Best sponsor transition to date, well done.
KyleSVT..... absolutely!
Agree... It gives me a chuckle xD
gooood job
COMMENTING AT 666 LIKES WTF :P
You guys like ads?
I've never paid for Windows in my entire life. I had a Commodore Amiga up until 1999 and my first PC had a pirated copy of Windows 98 installed. I've pirated every other version I've used since then too.
chad
@@Theunicorn2012 why did you copied the original comment
Gotta give it to you... That transition to sponsor was smooth.
Linus, Windows 10 is stored inside either the liquid cooling for your PC or thermal past (but in rare cases it is stored in screws).
Windows is stored in the ram
@@abottleofcranberryjuice4311 Wooshhhh
@@abottleofcranberryjuice4311 r/woooooooosh [esti din ro? :)]
what about the thermal future?
@@jefez75 nice
Honestly I like the watermark, makes Linus seem relatable
^^ this
AverageGeek not just running a crack?
i thought i was the onl one who thought that
Ur so poor
@NyaasuPanzer no bulli pls
Video title is quite ironic considering now he's all against piracy when it affects him.
its not ironic at all if you watch the video
I've never purchased Windows myself but I've always reused the same Windows 7 product key from my dad's PC ages ago and it still works every time even for Windows 10
Me: Cleans out some dust
Windows: What the hell happened here?!
Do NEVER clean out the dust from your computer ! It is completely unfair acoording to Holy EULA ! Let's pray for Holy EULA...Amen
Haha oh that's great man
LMAOOO
NYCDom there’s no way
XD
that sponsor segue made me nearly spit my drink all over my monitor
using bhopping to your advantage in real life
Using bhopping to your advantage in activating windows
Go make my half-life videos
Bhopping to the microsoft store at over 300mph
More hl2
At the sound recording studio I work at, we've used the same C:Drive with the same Windows 10 Pro license since Win10Pro was new and a 1TB NVMe was still considered "massive storage". We've swapped CPUs, GPUs, added/removed/upgraded/changed RAM, and even motherboards plenty of times each.
Love the "Good mythical morning" intro skit here!
That cablemod transition was silky smooth
Just like the cables at cablemod!
i didn't even realise I was watching a sponsor!
played me like a damn fool
took him 64 cuts to get it right
669th like... ;)
Damn, i read it first as "Why Does Linux Pirate Windows".
Same XDDDDDDD
same I was confused why Linux does until I realised it was linus
I always read it like that whenever this is in my recommended videos
WTF Thought it was only me ! hahahahahah
same dude
Awesome video, point well made!
I remember watching this when it first came out wow does time pass fast it feels like yesterday when i'd watch youtube before all this covid madness
People on the LTT forum: Just run Windows without a key, noone cares, not even Microsoft
People on the LTT UA-cam channel: Ermerrgerd, Linus is a Pirate!
hahahahaha. They are same guys.
Lol
i had the same issue. i broke one of my ram sticks while trying to watercool them so i put 2 ram sticks out. afterwards my windows liscence was no longer available
YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE!
Seon-Ho Microsoft should just give him unlimited downloads
Yesterday I cleaned up my pc hardware from dust. Now my activation it´s gone! My activation hardware key was registered on dust
may be you have installed your windows when your pc had dust on it
Try putting dust of the same brand in the case
Wait for the dust to return is the only fix according to experts
Lmfaoo
@@marcospinto9380 no Sir, that it's incorrect. That will need a new windows key!
I have a question about your test rig. You plug your windows ssd in and fire it up, on other videos do benchmarks.
Isn't a clean install necessary any more or is windows getting more like Linux and uses the hardware detected at each boot.
thank god i found this old video of Linus talking about this i just upgraded some parts and did have windows and did the trouble shoot options and got it back
Me: Moves PC 0.0001 cm
Microsoft: WHO IS THIS
This actually made me laugh lol
😭😭😭
@@NYCDom A VERIFIED GUY OML
@@xxcattoxx544 not verified, just a guy who puts music on UA-cam Music
@@h1ghe3a44 OH MY GOFFF A UA-cam BIG FAN
Smoothest sponsor introduction ever!!
This.
Yes.
Literally THE best sponsor intro ever!
No matter how smooth cablemod is expensive AF, takes a fair bit out of any builders budget.
Like a pro
I have used the migrate license feature, which is especially useful considering how many old Windows 7 laptops I have. If I need a license, I upgrade to Windows 10 and migrate the license to another machine. This is also very useful when you buy a new computer
I just say fuck it and deal with the activate windows watermark, already have for 7 years and I see no reason to change for $200
That sponsor transition was amazing.
Linus really is the king at flawlessly plugging sponsors
@Jim A making a living by advertising isn't shameless.
@@gino7460 Why is it shameful then?
Wow, couldn't be more wrong. It's clearly Julien during J&J Podcast and shame on you for your blaspheme.
Nah, he ain't the king
Gino Do you realize what you just said?
I just had an ad starring Linus, on a video from Linus. XDD
Oh my
You are not alone
Lol me too
That’s called a monopoly my friend
Steelseries perhaps?
linus: films bug
bug: *well now i'm not doing it*
not me knowing that if you have a second screen the watermark will only appear on one
Goddamn, i even paid attention to the sponsorship out of respect for that smooth transition.
I did that too.
Same.. So pro he is
Same here, first time ever listening to the sponsorship
Linus there is gold in these comments
Same. He put the ad in a middle of a sentence..
That advertisement transition is truly a masterpiece
The whole video is a masterpiece.
The end result for the EULA is that you're in violation for using Windows, no matter your use case.
I remember that when Microsoft presented the activation in windows xp, this was a combination of the motherboard, the processor and the network card, I don't know if it is still like that.
my watermark is magically gone. windows gave up on harassing me to activate it.
Hellcat it disappears for a while after starting up but will eventually pop back up
It re-appears after your pc is on for 4 hours
@@UltimateMTB I just did the repair. Since then it didnt pop up again.
The only thing you miss with not activating Windows is Security updates, I think?
It may disappear for a bit but your features will still be deactivated
Level 1 - Pirate Windows
Level 20 - Pirate Linux
Level 100 - Pirate FreeDOS
That's sum hacker shit
Memed
final boss - pirate chrome os
Level 2 - Pirate MacOS
I feel sorry for the people who think that's serious... Linux=Free... FREEdos=Free... like... pretty much every Linux ever made.... (go l@@k at distrowatch)...
0:52 Great way to leave a question in the veiwers mind and maintian veiwership while he does some explanations
I misread the title as "Why does Linux pirate windows?"
I did also
So did I :)
@Theodor Comellas Rydberg the tilte it says linus not linux.
it took me 5 minutes to realise you wrote Linux instead of Linus. lol im stupid
Same
Even if linus does an Apology video it would still be Sponsord
“Im sorry, SPEAKING OFF SORRY YOUR GONNA BE SORRY YOUR NOT USING HONEY TO SAVE YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS”
@@xyamazing2725 Thats genius lol
“I’m sorry for my actions…you know what I’m not sorry for? Today’s sponsors.”
Okay??? He doesn't need an to give an apology.
In fact getting windows 10 professional is just an act of installing windows 10 preview disc image and getting the media recreation tool and opening it and clicking upgrade ths PC now. And after that you should get windows 10 pro
The watermark can be removed run>regedit>h_kay_local_machine>system>curentcontrolreset>service>svsvc>start > and set the value data from 3 to 4
what is that wall monitor!? On the video: Kinda reminds me of the warranty cards you would mail in for "warranty" on your drill/fridge/etc
Linus caught me off guard with the sponsor, and it was too late to skip ahead
me: changes my RAM
Microsoft: A C T I V A T E W I N D O W S
Me: *Upgrades to windows 10 *
Microsoft: A C T I V A T E W I N D O W S
there's a fix now to activate
@@christopherdunn317 I know how to activate for free. Logging into your Microsoft account.
Is it wierd how I am the only one that upgraded to windows 10 with product key and got activated?
@@christopherdunn317 how?
Once, I changed my computer parts, resulting in my windows key vanishing despite me not changing any storage... I left the activate windows thing for like over a year and eventually it disappeared on its own 0.0
hahah this was my problem for like 3 years of swapping out parts all the time. Ended up just leaving it - but recently Windows has a way better activation platform - apparently I have three licences that I have purchased over the years, two of which we're active - so all I had to do was reassign the liscence and then upgrade to Win 11 was also then available.
MSFT has really done a lot of good work post 2020
Everyone freaking out because linus pirated something
Me living in a third world country: I am the greatest pirate of the 7 seas
MOOD
Pirating until I die
🎶Yo ho ho ho a pirate's life for me🎶
Me too. They call me Gold Roger.
@@windblownleaf6450 you have the will of D, I see
Linus: We don't activate Windows, because it's gonna be broken after hardware changes again
*replaces literally every part of it and the system continues to be activated*
Linus: ANYWAY
cuz windows don't check it instantly, it's scheduled.
I recent faced this issue, due to swapping my NVME multiple times and also changing the mobo, it doesn't instantly deactivate, it takes sometimes hours, sometimes days!
Thats actually true in march i changed my 2600 for a 2600k and it deactivated
I have done 4 complete rebuilds since I bought my win 8 pro key on sale for 35$ from windows. I have never bought another license, it always lets me enter my old license and never has been deactivated.
@@SuperInfinitezero00 That's strange because usually it DOES ask you for a license then.
there's also a way to simply disable the watermark in the display settings
wait, what actually physically STOPS YOU from reusing the same license? i've got like 5 computers using the same key, and none of them are havign any issues
Legit googled "windows key" and found a working one lmao
Some keys allow multiple computers
As I remember, you can activate up to 10 systems with most types of windows keys.
Me: *Downloads more Ram*
Windows activation: So you have chosen death
Download ram?
@@shumailkhan7205 It was a joke referencing a certain scam video and the idiots who fell for it.
@@HurricaneSA why didnt you just woosh him that would have been funnier
@@shumailkhan7205 what's wrong, Sherlock?
@@_.1447 i m new to this channel. Watched that video yesterday
Imagine how rich microsoft would be if everybody used legit windows...
triplehaudah I mean bill gates was only the richest man in the world for decades
@@hoss7065 how much richer they could've been.
@@hoss7065 He would've been even more rich
Nyogeize hello fellow fsjal
A lot of stock PCs come bundled with Windows and with laptops it is close to impossible to buy without a windows license. Not all those licenses are used though, some people already have plenty of licenses or run different software. So it's more the opposite; how rich would they be without the wintel cartel construction?
A retail version (not the white OEM envelope) have a activation code that can be migrated to one machine (tied to the motherboard) instead of being tied to a particular motherboard (e.g. OEM keys are non-transferrable despite saying it's linked to your MS account)
I had a retail version activated on my pocket pc which I ditched, but I am able to use the troubleshooter and migrate my license to a thinkpad.
However, as said, there might be a finite number of times you can migrate the license, and I don't see a reason running a non-activated windows (to test components with a specific motherboard) is a issue.
Just make sure your own PC motherboard is tied to a activated code. OEM or retail.
This is the only correct take, the red sticker on the envelope is a dead giveaway. The reason he's having problems is because those are system builder keys, they *must* be preinstalled on a PC that is resold, and they're tied to the motherboard. Moving it to a new motherboard, or using it for purposes other than preinstallation, is actually a violation of the license.
On the contrary the licensee of a retail key can use it on any PC as long as one instance of it is running at a time; and they have a virtually infinite amount of reactivations. (As long as you don't get the key blacklisted w/ a suspicious pattern of activations.) His use-case is perfectly supported, in a number of ways actually, he just bought the wrong license. What MSFT probably *wants* him to do is sign a volume agreement so they can audit him at will ;-). He could also pay a few grand a year on MSDN subscriptions - then his employees can use any supported version of Windows on whatever hardware they want for development/testing purposes.
Long time since this comment was posted, but my own experience from a few weeks ago prompted me to write an answer: I've built my PC over a year ago and used an unused Win 8 retail licence I had lying around to activate win 10. Worked like a charm, licence was linked to my account. No problem, right? Wrong. Turns out that each time I upgraded my mainboard BIOS Windows internally perceived that as a hardware change. (I don't know why it happened, but if you have a Gigabyte mainboard you better watch out.) And the last BIOS update just straight up deactivated Windows. I couldn't reactivate it, Windows and the microsoft support site said the key wasn't valid for any more activations. So there was a retail key from a boxed windows version I legitimally bought and MS basically told me to go f myself just because of some BIOS updates.
Your segues are getting WAY TOO GOOD!
Fun Fact:90% of windows user use kmspico to activate windows
LOL just use the same code
You can use one code for unlimited devices or times
ooooohhhhhhhh, shhhhhhh, Microsoft might read this and consider it piracy info spreading....
90% of statistics are made up.
@@Endeva09 60%
@@Endeva09 close to 100%, especially in poor countries where people's monthly salary is around $200-900
Actually the European Court of Justice ruled that OEM licences are completely legal no matter what Microsofts user agreement says. So you may be right about NA, but not the EU.
Never knew that, nice to read and know it!
In general most courts if most countries have struck down EULAs repeatably. License terms has to be specified at or before purchase, license terms that are told later or you are asked to to agree to later are not legally binding. The OEM deals are different in that they are terms the OEM agrees to, depending on the size of the company asking OEMs to agree to terms that might be illegal due to anti-trust or completely legal. But one thing that is completely legal in any case, is using one of those licenses if you get it, the OEM that sold you it, may or may not be guilty of contract violation, but that isn't your problem. And these days you get the windows OEM licenses from normal retailers, not from OEM breaking contracts like we did 15 years ago.
Indeed, license agreements can't override local law.
Does Linus live in the EU
@@lel2015 me? Yes, in France
adds up over time
Cable mod is the only sponsor who’s products I’ll actually buy lol. They come in clutch. I just wonder if they’ll produce custom engine wiring harnesses for my car🤔
I only paid for Windows once.
I have a great view outside of my house that's why.
@golden gaming and why you watching tech videos with a cringe profile pic
@@aceprolific9381 isnt your profile pic Maximilainmusses? Maximilian is a fucking fortnite troller
@@skunkenn2838 yeah, it's Deus Ex. He's pretty famous. You can see this profile pic on literally every goddmn video on youtube. I used to have the same profile picture, But when MaximilianMus betrayed Pewdiepie in his stream, I officialy resigned from the OhYeahYeah Army.
golden gaming that’s a fucking lie
@golden gaming the cousin excuse LMFAO