meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoYou can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keyswww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down15
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkYou can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keyswww.neowin.netmeiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squaremayonaise_met@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoI couldn’t activate my W11 with a genuine W11 key taken from a previous W11 install.
minus-squareTheRagingGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI’ve run into this twice, both times I’ve had to deal with Microsoft Support for around 2-3 hours to resolve, shitty for a paying customer.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYup, that’s the joy of OEM keys. I’m glad Linux doesn’t have any stupid DRM like that.
I couldn’t activate my W11 with a genuine W11 key taken from a previous W11 install.
I’ve run into this twice, both times I’ve had to deal with Microsoft Support for around 2-3 hours to resolve, shitty for a paying customer.
Yup, that’s the joy of OEM keys. I’m glad Linux doesn’t have any stupid DRM like that.