Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).

On 2024-05-04, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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chrisv wrote:

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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.

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The mere fact that you need to jump through hoops to do something which
should be a direct option is disgusting.

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Well, they're not called Evilsoft for nothin'.
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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.

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If you have a Pro license, you should have a Pro ISO, no?  In that
case, I would use that and endure the hours of updates.
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My most recent experience is, admittedly, dated.  A year ago on my
daughter's new PC.  We started with a Win10 Pro install (I had a legal
license from work that was collecting dust) and then used Micro$oft's
Win11 update tool.  It did take a while, but we got what we wanted -
no M$ account and legal.

My little Dell Optiplex Micros and Dell Latitudes all have the Windows Pro
license built into the BIOS. As far as I remember, I just downloaded one
Windows 11 ISOs, which includes either Home or Pro (and I think there's other
options). Using Rufus to make the USB install is easy. Just check the
"bypass" setting up a Microsoft account and tell Windows you don't have
Internet access and it installs without forcing you to get an account. You
can also turn off the TPC requirement. Once it's installed, just set up the
Internet without a Microsoft account.

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