lemme in@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another yearwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down114cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another yearwww.theverge.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square208fedilinkcross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 months agoOh yeah. Windows XP Professional 64 bit. Each “upgrade” used the same license and never really got screwy until 10. Won’t go to 11. Edit: Actually I don’t think I even paid for that, I think it was an OEM license my dad got from his work.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYou know what’s shocking? I did. I ruined my desktop trying to set it up with some web server functions and wiping it somehow got rid of the license. And so I paid to get rid of the watermark… boo! There you go one last scary story for the season.
You actually paid for Windows?
Oh yeah. Windows XP Professional 64 bit. Each “upgrade” used the same license and never really got screwy until 10. Won’t go to 11.
Edit: Actually I don’t think I even paid for that, I think it was an OEM license my dad got from his work.
You know what’s shocking? I did. I ruined my desktop trying to set it up with some web server functions and wiping it somehow got rid of the license.
And so I paid to get rid of the watermark… boo!
There you go one last scary story for the season.