Bad news for those planning to activate Windows 11 with a Windows 7 or 8/8.1 key: users noticed that the latest Windows 11 preview builds no longer allow activation with old license keys.

You can no longer activate new Windows 11 builds with Windows 7 or 8 keys::Bad news for those planning to activate Windows 11 with a Windows 7 or 8/8.1 key: users noticed that the latest Windows 11 preview builds no longer allow activation with old license keys.

  • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I mean, you’d have to want to activate a Windows 11 build in the first place. I’m doing just fine on Windows 10 and don’t see any reason at all to “upgrade”. Let’s see if they can manage not to bake ads and tracking into whatever comes after 11 and I’ll consider it then.

    • peastea@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not a problem right now but Windows 10 is reaching its end of support two years from now in Oct 2025.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s fine. But the chances of me giving Microsoft money for a copy of windows in 2024 is zero. I think that’s true of pretty much everyone.

    • 30p87@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not everyone, companies still buy bulk licenses. To be fair, that should be cheaper than the 200$ regular and the sysadmin should remove all unnecessary stuff through the group policy editor or registry. What makes M$ money tho is the pre built PCs with activated Windows on it. Even though it’s also cheaper than a single license, it still is a huge amount considering all the Gaming, Office, Media etc. PCs. built.