What if You NEVER Activate Windows?
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- DOES WINDOWS STOP WORKING IF YOU DON'T ACTIVATE?
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Windows has always had certain penalties for those who either wait to activate their copy, or refuse to at all. But what actually happens if you just ignore the prompts and never activate your copy of Windows with a genuine key? The answer depends on your version of Windows, so we go over all the different penalties in the most recent versions of Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP. It may surprise you!
TimeStamps:
0:00 - Intro & Windows Versions
1:05 - Windows 10
2:41 - Windows 8
4:22 - Windows 7
6:31 - Windows Vista
8:53 - Windows XP
9:18 - Why Has it Gotten More Lenient?
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The audio translation to german is gramaticly very correct. No errors. Only the typical computer voice is not the best on the market. The speed adaption is "new" for me, but working well.
10: Just activate please
8: please activate
7: Activate it...
V: I SAID ACTIVATE IT
XP: You didn’t activate, goodbye.
xp is so angry if you dont active
eXPerience the disaster
Windows XP Will Stab You With A Knife If You Don't Activate It! XD
I Meant Instant Shutdown By Stabbing With A Knife.
Why activate rubbish? 🤣
Windows 10 is like the WinRAR of operating systems.
facts
I thought winrar was a great software to use.
A NoLifer Oh got it
@@sheeloesreallycool It's certainly better than Win10
UserTCQ it’s called a joke
Windows 10: “buy a license eventually pls”
Windows 7+8: “you seriously need to get a license”
Windows Vista: “I will piss you off until you get a License”
Windows XP: *”Your free trial of existence has expired”*
Windows 10: no pain
Windows 8: mild, moderate
Windows Vista: severe, very severe
Windows XP: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Windows 10 has became friendly
Maybe Windows 10 has very little punishments, because if you take a deeper look, you'll notice that windows 10 is kinda overrated. What I try to say is:
•Windows 7 has a purely for desktop UI.
•Windows 8.1 separates desktop UI on the desktop and tablet UI on the start menu.
But windows 10 has a lot of inconsistencies (trashing warning):
1. Desktop UI and tablet UI are mixed
2. There's bloatware on the start menu (also the start menu sucks in general)
3. Tablet mode just doesn't work:
On Windows 8.1, the pinned apps tab and all apps tab on the start menu can be accessed by sliding your finger if you have a touchscreen, but on Windows 10, it's just buttons on the top left.
4. There are duplicate apps on Windows 10:
•Microsoft Edge + IE 11
•Paint 3D + Paint
•Groove Music + Windows Media Player
•Settings + Control Panel
5. (I don't this is an issue anymore) being begged to upgrade to the latest version
true
I got a question if I never install windows onto my usb and plug that usb stick into my new pc I just won’t beable to customize the background
"Set as desktop background": i'm about to start this man's whole career
lol you made a meme but it's the oppostiet
wallpaper engine 👍
@@NuggestNugget Just built my new pc and didn't notice it wouldn't let me change stuff i instantly got Wallpaper engine 🤣
Windows 10: Not a big deal, you’ll prob buy a license someday.
Windows XP: either activate windows, or I spontaneously combust into flames.
So xD
LOOOL
I’m still here.
Lmao its gonna be XP
Windows 10: not a big deal, you'll prob buy a license someday
**50 years later**
Windows 10: yeah, you'll prob buy it someday...
**50 years later**
Windows 10: someday...
**50 years later**
Windows 10: some...day...
**735382538261919129433 years later**
Windows 10: yeah...you will buy it.........someday..............
**9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 years later**
Windows 10: it's all fine, you'll still buy a license someday........
**5 days later**
R.I.P
Windows 10
2019-11114444777799991111444477991111
**meanwhile in heaven**
Windows 10: yeah, you'll buy a license someday, I believe in you
If you don't activate Windows everyone will mock you for it
RealistikDash ask ksi
Pretty much
@@NikA-wr6px i wss just about to comment that
nothing happens on window 10 you just cant customize it
Even though I've activated Windows, I'm still getting mocked about it by watching this video!
I seem to remember it was for security, so many people were running unpatched versions of an unlicensed Windows it was causing viruses to spread around easily.
That and they wanted to mine and sell user data
Welp my dad installed windows on the family computer to play a game that's only for windows and I hope he downloaded the official one from microsoft. (I have my own windows laptop)
Windows 17: You will be forced to call bill gates every 10 minutes and tell him why you didn't activate
Poor Bill Gates, he won’t be able to do his everyday actions and even sleep then probably. And because of that he will probably just let you use a non-genuine Windows 17 copy freely already, just so you will leave him alone :D.
Activate Windows 10 free
F /? /\ /V\ E Did you forget the joke?
WheatleyOffDaGoop Are you illiterate? How was stating the actual logical adding onto the joke?
WheatleyOffDaGoop why are you arguing with me?
The watermark keeps growing until there is no more screen left
lol
Lmfao
That would be really cool
why is this such an underrated comment
XD
For me the most annoying feature of XP activation was only being allowed to re-activate a few times before you had to do the phone activation thing. I had got used to re-installing Windows 98 without any activation apart from entering the rego. code. A few years later I had learned how to make system images so I was much happier!
Nice boy creates an operating system with Microsoft office 2019(iso). I just use same own create iso to prevent MYR 60 for repair man and all file lost (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)
For me the most annoying feature of XP activation was only being allowed to re-activate a few times before you had to do the phone activation thing. l had got used to re-installing Windows 98 without any activation apart from entering the rego. code. A few years later l had learned how to make system images
so l was happier!
I think the reason for the lack of penalties from XP to 10, in part may be as he said, to get as many Windows users as possible, but I think thats a small part of the bigger reasoning, back when XP ruled, they essentially had no competition, now it has 2, Mac & Linux, Mac's upgrades are free or under $20, and Linux (Mainly the Debian, Mint & Ubuntu) are completely free, and due to small installation size, and no Bloatware, in a speed test outperform Windows, while using barely any Ram, leading to a better experience, and many programs have a Linux option, and for the ones who don't, the Linux community has developed a very similar free alternative, overall Windows changed tactics because they have strong competition, and they lost a huge market share, because they are no longer THE option, they've become just AN option, so they can't nickel and dime you anymore, or they'll fall further behind.
yeah with steam OS, proton and steam deck even gaming is now viable on linux. if people get to use windows for "free" they wont check out the competition.
@@khoroshoorange that isn't literally true. There are some games that still wont work on linux. Like halo mcc. Or any game with anticheat software on it. So, most users of linux still have to do vms to play them. Which for some games can get you kick or even ban for using that (if you try to hide you using vms and what not). Most battleye games fall under this category. So it is definitely better but it is not every game. Hopefully it does so I can finally never have to use a windows vm/ duel boot again.
Mac on the other hand. Ya. Good luck.
Its solelly to keep customers
MACs marketshare is nothing compared to windows and Linux isnt even an alternative lmao people that are using linux are devoting their lifes into it thats the sole reason it has less than 0.2% market share
@@kyarumomochi5146 that is not true at all. The worse os in terms of a alternative is fucking mac. But linux is definitely a alternative and some cases better than windows (looking at you windows updates and what not).
Like, everything works on linux at this point. The only exception is honestly gaming. And even then about 90% of games out there works. Like I have a sample size of about 1000 games and less than 30. Prob even 20 does not works on linux (prob even less than that). That is insane. To how it was before. Before protondb was a thing. So ya.
Again, there are shortcomings but it is def getting there. And there is a very easy situation to deal with that. Vms. Which almost everyone does that if they use linux to game. Or duel boot for the 3 games that truly dont like vms (battleeye games).
Windows 10: if you don’t activate it’ll be fine
Windows XP: either activate or no computer
MS-DOS: “hey, just install DOS, no activation because tbh that process is shit”
Windows 11: You don't have to activate. I'm still secure
In windows 10 build 2205 may 2022 update it will be like windows xp and windows 10 build 2205 is before windows 11
Linux and ubuntu: activation? Wats dat?
@@madsinj4722 windows: paying for a activation key you don't need on other os's
Microsoft: you cant customize windows 10
Me: oh no, anyways...
Suddenly.I right clicked on a photo
However, me:
*My pain is immeasurable and my life is ruined.*
would wallpaper engine work i wonder
@forks and popsticles lmaooo This is one of the best uses of the "Oh no, anyways..." meme!
Seriosuly, tho, great meme! 👍👍👍
Sounds like the most relatable meme with this template
Thanks for keeping us up-to date thio.
Another reason is like;
“Well, they ain’t paying me for this installation of windows, but they ain’t paying our competitors either so at least if I don’t get the money my competitors don’t get it either”
they dont want people to switch to linux , now a days linux is pretty much easier to learn and user friendly
haha linux 😐
@@xubairaca and free
@@SFSAtlas and very customisable
@@joeyjoeanu4910 If all your doing is simple document editing and running off basic applications, most programs have been prepackaged for Debian besides a select few. And in the rare case Linux doesn't have it, that's what Proton / Wine / VM is for.
WinRAR: Your free trial has ended
Me: minimizes it to bypass ir
WinRAR: *Understandable, have a great day*
You can close it aswell and your fine aswell
🤣😭
Its for bussineses the activation for winrar and thats why its infinite trial
Stolen
@@TheBiko ?
You just provided an amazing amount of history that had to take you a long time to learn. Love the site..
The better question is:
"What would happen if you activate Windows in a VM clone this and start both together?"
It might not check online if it's been used.
You can make a Windows 10 virtual machine with a Windows 10 license and you can make copies as long as you only run one virtual machine at one time, running them simultaneously would be considered piracy or theft under some law, depending on your country.
I'd hate to mess with Microsoft's Lawyers, that's why I moved to Linux, open source is available and affordable and nobody needs to pirate because it's usually free, the only applications that cost are more enterprise solutions you'd find in Data Centers and MSP environments. Windows manufactured OS paywalls just to use their operating system, which is scandalous, Google chromeOS was built from Linux as is Android. The windows phone didn't do too well, but I think eventually they will make a compelling phone, just as long as it isn't built like windows 8 😂
Windows XP without activating it is like removing the first word from its name.
You're left with a dead emoticon. XP
lmao i understand but it will be more fun if they name it windows xd
@@nixbrawlstars5510 lol
They should make a operation system with name "Windows XD"
200IQ
@@NoNamelolxd windows exderience
Person: does not activate windows
Windows XP, and Vista: I’m about to end this mans whole career
Windows 7: you don’t have to activate but pls do it
Windows 8, 8.1, and 10: ok what ever
All accurate
Lol
I'm your 101 likes!
EricLikeFries! Thanks man that’s a lot!!
@@minniema8180 your welcome!
Imagine you're about to complete a tough level and the windows activation pops up and ruins everything.
*Steam from head and ears*
Windows 11 also same with win 10, but change built-in theme only, and cannot change third party themes, colors, lock screen, user picture, lock screen (expect change it in UWP Photos) and wallpaper (except change it from explorer)
In windows 10/11, you can also change theme in explorer instead of personalization settings by open C:/Windows/Resources/Themes
Windows 10: “I won’t let you put a background.”
Me: okay whatever as long as I still can play my games.
Can you still use rainmeter and things like that to customize your desktop?
I put wallpaper from the media player of win 10 but i dont care i use an app of Steam of animated wallpapers (wallpaper engine)
JDmerkem you know I have no idea
Just download any wallpaper or photo, right click on it and click on “set as wallpaper”
@@Pompey_Sr doesn't work like that
You forgot 2 things
1) it’s a living nightmare for ocd people seeing that at the bottom of the screen
2) everyone laughs at you
you can just remove it if I remember right
What's OCD?
Isn't removing the watermark super easy?
@@rnnto yep
If you think everyone is laughing at you that's another disorder. Sure some will, but I think most will either not care or be worried.
Also sometimes Windows 10 comes pre-activate by means of hardware license I believe when you buy a new pc/laptop that has windows 10 installed. So no matter how many times you reinstall Windows you can just activate using the license embedded in your system.
The answer is infrastructure. Remember when everyone freaked out when Windows XP was going to be discontinued because EVERYTHING used Windows XP? They probably wanted to make upgrading as easy and accessible as possible so that the computer infrastructure will be up-to-date and secure with minimal roadblocks.
What I've always really disliked is how the claim would be that the *software* is "not genuine" or "counterfeit" for a real, unmodified copy, instead of making it clear that the key is invalid. I've had *WAY* too many clients who thought that their real copy was a fake or "hacked" clone. Quite frankly, I've long found Microsoft to be rather disingenuous when it came to those claims.
I "Activated" Windows Vista 🤨
This Is *WHY* We Should Use Windows Vista And Windows 7
@@Just_A_Normal_Indian Not big on windows vista, but windows 7 has stolen my heart and ran away with it lol. I use windows 10 bc I have to for a lot of stuff I use, but windows 7 was sm better. BRING WINDOWS 7 BACK!! :(
10: You can't change your background
Me: I like my backround
i wanna change my background please
@@donovanyoelruth3448 Right click on a Pic and click set as background :)
@@mobileletsplays4660 if u didnt activate ur windows (like i did) you cant change it unless you find a way how
Cant bath just go to google and download any background image and open photo just right click set as background. (i did that)
@@haishz4254 oh ok thanks
One reason which I think you should have added is - The market is now filled with tons of freeware OS and are available to be used by anybody. So, instead of making people use these other OS Microsoft allowed these users to use its windows, considering maybe(like you mentioned) they'll be able to extract money out of these users via other means like store and office etc.
This was very helpful because i want to run my old PC as a windows server and did not want to buy yet ANOTHER copy or key
Almost all Windows PCs in our school are running unactivated Win7.
My subsitute teacher has a unactivated windows 7 and the background is always black
My school is full of optiplexes and think centre with unactivated windows
call FBI
Use windows loader software or suggest that
Just use slmgr -rearm
I've seen the "Not genuine Windows" message on Theater Movie Trailer screens above the snack bar.
I had seen in an ATM machine once
WHAT NO WAY
That's why some one should get the key
I saw it on my pc even though I had and still have a digital license, it's gone now
I had seen in shop.
Some years ago I bought Windows 7 on sale for 50 bucks on Amazon. Everything looked genuine from what I could see. But after I installed and registered it, I would receive a notice that it wasn't a legitimate copy. However, I found out that if I simply registered it a second time microsoft would seem to accept it as a real copy and the OS would run perfectly fine afterwards. I still suspect that it was a pirated version but I've never been sure.
Fun thing is that windows 10 only prevents customizing from the config menu, but you can still fully customize it using the win10 default tools, as long as you're willing to spend a couple hours learning about the OS, you can customize it without 3rd party software or tampering.
microsoft: "you can't customize windows without a license"
wallpaper engine: allow us to introduce ourselves
u can just right click an image and it still gives u a button to use as wallpaper
@@jerardsamaniego6225 so is im i a joke to you good grammer?
@@jerardsamaniego6225 you also had bad grammar
@@Sasujerk yes me bad grammar hehe I do cook cookie
@@jerardsamaniego6225 your still a joke
17: windows is freeware now!!
10: activateee
8: activate pleaseee
7: pleaseee activate your windows
Vista: activate your windows bro! RIGHT NOW!!!
XP: not activate? You CANT USE YOUR PC WITHOUT ACTIVATE WINDOWS!!!
Me, 2000, 98,95,3.1,3.0,2.0,1.0: You cant install windows without enter your product key. ENTER YOUR PRODUCTKEY NOWWW!!!!!
MS DOS: just install it, its completely original.
Vista: activate or I'll shut down the pc every hour of you using it which could make you lose data
@@KPoWasTaken LOL its funny
There won't be another Windows after Windows 10, Microsoft said it themselves.
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And seeing how rapidly Microsoft degrades the user experience of Windows 10 with more and stupid more anti-consumer policies and restrictions, I actually believe what they say this one time.
@@LRM12o8 It is true? What??
@SWTV i know that, but there is no more windows after 10? 10 is the last? Whyyyyyyy:((
QUESTION: The 64-Bit version of Windows Media Player does not Rip CDs anymore. I tried the 32-Bit version of Windows Media Player, and it does successfully Rip CDs. I did a lot of research online and tried all the factors such as changing the "Target" in "Properties" and making sure "mp3" was at its "Best" setting, and making sure the "Media" features were turned on and making sure the "Default" output was the "Music" folder. Everything is fine - that is probably why the 32-Bit version of Windows Media Player works properly. But, why does the 64-Bit version of Windows Media Player simply "close" the moment I click the icon to rip the CD?
Honestly the activate windows watermark is like a badge of honor. Since pre build pc and laptops have a windows copy installed with other bloatware. The activate windows watermark is evidence that you build your own custom pc and know how they work
Windows in 2030: Activate your windows now
me: no
Windows: *Understandable Have A Nice Day*
Windows: but you are gona lose one file every day :)
@@MrCatFishek 😯😅
it's "great day"
@@lorishofer2889 its nice day not great day
If you dont activate windows. Air and everything will come inside.
windows xp : activate windows plz
me: didn't activate
xp: so u have chosen death
Speak for yourself: I chose the cake
me running windows xp on virtual machine XD lmao
lol
Yes
great video, thanks man
Thanks for the info.
Me: in a conference call that is 1 hour and 25 minutes
Windows Vista: ight ima go shut down
lol
𝕆𝕙 𝕟𝕠 :)
That happens whenever you move the mouse and windows needs to reboot to make the change
Windows in 2030: activate windows please.
Me: nah
Windows: understandable, here is a free windows key.
Lemoa
@@itzyuzuruclips lemao
@@Phoenix-gi9kx lmoae
Lemoao
Lomeao
Thanks for explaining it.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that this guy gave us 15 minutes of solid information, and how much work he must have put into this video (e.g. the self-made clips)?
*Amazing, I got windows from thekey365*
Before XP, you could put any operating system on any PC that could handle that operating system, but XP required registration. If your PC came with XP then, could get the codes by calling Microsoft help line. There were ways around still using XP without registering XP.
ME : Didn't activate Windows*
Windows xp : im about to end this man's whole career
😂
At what kind of company do people have to pay for the Windows license with their own funds? If your career is depending on Windows then why the hell would you not transfer those 80 dollars? You deserve it to loose your income if you are that stupid.
There's a command u can run to reset it
@@Engineer9736 it's joke dumbass who uses xp still
@@Engineer9736 r/woooosh
Lol our school hasn't activated windows on any of their school computers
*FBI Open Up!!!*
Thug life
My school pc's are actual dog shit
My old secondary school upgraded to Windows 10 and didn't activate it
My school pc's are intel i9's
Thanks for the answer!
we're gonna reach windows 100 and unactivated copies will be exactly like activated copies except that every so often a tiny bit of text appears hidden by the taskbar saying "maybe activate sometime? maybe next year? idk"
Windows 8: imma send a giant popup
Me: shutdown the computer
Ight imma shutdown the computer
Use your phone or game console.
They get more money selling the data of Windows 10 users than they do selling the keys
cool tricks guy as if they don’t do the same shit. Lololol
@Purkalurk Proof?
@cool tricks guy try playing games on mac lol
cool tricks guy Mac OS is piece of crap, just like the rest of apples products.
YETI JUST ATE A DOG but its actually alive thank you for your compréhension by knowing that Apple is a piece of crap.
Thanks
*a message that comes on top of the screen and does not allow you to close it, or purchase it right from there*
"Thank you for using Windows for 7 days. Please activate to continue."
Windows 12: No limitations at all. You can customize me unlike Windows 10 even if I'm not activated. You can also go activate me if you're rich enough :)
"pirate windows" they literally have a free iso and installer download on their own website lmao
Did you work with this version?
@@gernegesehen2985 yes the one on the website is what I use on all my pcs. Very nice
@@culture. ok I want to do that, because the version on my hard drive is for x32 and I have x64 so it works but it is slow.
So I am using Linux because it is for free.
I made it dual boot so that I can use Windows if is needed
But that what you are doing listens to me very interesting. So I could maybe have a fast windows system
Window xp and vista are hard to find in iso images. I found and made a copy of window xp from a illegal site. It's very hard to find those since they are years older.
I think that's for if you have a valid product key for that OS. I was prompted to enter one when I downloaded it from the official Microsoft website.
I think your assessment about it being a size & money thing is spot on.
Also, the more people use a program, the more likely it is to spread to other users. A pirate might not pay for the product, but by using it they are contributing to the program's presence indirectly. And a pirate might always become a legit user in the future, or they might influence their friends/peers to use the product, some of which might actually pay for it.
for windows 10, those penalties are less painful if you google how to change those settings in directly the registry.
The penalty for not activating Windows 8 is that you won't be able to personalize your computer, and every six hours of uptime, a Windows activation reminder will pop up. This is considered average computer usage, so you might get a little annoyed.
Idea: After 30 grace period, you're forced to use Bing
*heavy breathing*
to far man..
that's a nightmare
Too far, Bing is a nightmare to me, like Vivaldi and Firefox more
@DDawnGames chromium based, it does all that Google does soooo
@DDawnGames aight, seems fair, have a good day 😊
What happens if I don't activate Linux? Oh wait!
What happens if I try to play videogames on Linux? Oh wait!
@@velvetcake5425 Flawless 4K Dark Souls 3?
to not activate linux? i think you mean linux paid support which only a few distros have mostly enterprise focused and server focused. The OS will not change but when you run into an issue whatever it might be maybe a package for your business is not installing correctly or not linking to your windows machines in the way you need. Paid support can get you the answer faster than free community support but to that most enterprises will have a linux IT guy for that to keep all the linux machines up to date on security patches and the ones that need to be on as close to 24/7 as possible able to do so
@@yumri4 he's being sarcastic
yumri4 r/woooosh
I don't see not being able to install system updates as the biggest penalty, like you claim it to be at 5:59 in the video. I have an activated version of Windows 7 and I haven't installed ANY updates for the last 12 years. The first week I got this pc with Win7 preinstalled, I was playing an MMORPG and wanted to run a dungeon, which requires multiple players. It took me an hour to find a group of 6 people to run the dungeon and when we finally were inside for about 3 minutes, Windows decided in the background it was the perfect time to install updates. So it shut down my game without warning or even asking if it was convenient and started to install updates. Since this was the first time, this took a while and I lost that dungeon run and lots of time in the process and my compagnons were a little angry at first but calmed down after I explained it. I was the healer of the group so they really depended on me being there. They had to find another healer to finish the run. After that, I decided this would never happen to me again and I disabled updates completely. Now, about 12 years later, those updates are still disabled and I have no issues running anything on this pc. Except I cannot run the latest game as those require Windows 10. But other than that, everything still works. So I don't see windows update to be that critical as my system manages to run without any updates for 12 years.
It's not that your system won't be able to run, it's that your system is more vulnerable to viruses that can exploit vulnerabilities in your system that can do something malicious to you.
Your computer will run just fine, but you will be at a greater risk of something infecting your PC and potentially ruining your entire system.
Bro 💀💀
Before my current laptop, I remember my school laptop I was using before it had windows not activated, because it ran out a while after I finished high school. The only issue I had was that I couldn't change my background. I still had the one I set when it was activated so I kept my background, but I couldn't change it.
That was Windows 10 btw
The next version of Windows: "Save money, don't activate"
I activated my windows 10 for free LOL
@@ok69922 Same here. My brother linked his account on my computer, because on Win 10, you can activate by linking your account if it's already linked to an activated computer, or something like that
@@GalvinGaming well i activated it with a command prompt command
@@ok69922 How to activate in cmd?
@@ok69922 how
A year ago, I installed Win10 on the old Athlon PC from 2008 of my mother.
And I did not activate it.
A few months later my mom asked me, what "activating" means.
Told her to not worry and there seems to be no problem at all.
You can still change your background with un-activated windows 10. You just right click on a image and "set as background." Ive had windows 10 unregistered for 8 years lmao.
Windows 9x had the most extreme penalty. More extreme than Windows XP.
You just couldn’t use Windows if you didn’t have a key, like XP, but here there's no grace period.
you can enable dark theme on non-activated windows which is the only customization i need
nice one😂
@Martin Sekeres racist
Martin Sekeres bro, that’s so racist 😮
@Martin Sekeres HA! found a racist lol
🤣🤣🤣
I use a pirated copy of windows 98 on a VM to run old games.
*THUG LIFE*
😂
Same
Its the one and only Nathan Gamble (THUG LIFE) 3 months ago!
911
Does it even run smoothly since you are running it in a VM, since with any operating system whether it'd be Windows or GNU/Linux such as Xubuntu (a light weight distro) it would lag, even if I am moving a window around.
ive'd been using not activated windows 7 since 2012 until now, and you can get rid of the annoying popup and black background by going arround the administrative tools then software protection then disable it and it solve the problem. then you will also be able to receive updates.
Note:
To date you can activate Win 10 using a "valid" Win 7 key (the OS type has to match i.e. home / pro)
Which is cheap
I see “ThioJoe” & “TJ” water marks all over the screen... am I watching an in-genuine joe...
lol
*Comedy*
Never switch to linux orelse....
Linus tech tips will become Linux tech tips
😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 next meme
/r/comedycemetery
Oh my lord...
No, just NO.
What fuckin sort of joke is this
Him:"Win 10 because it the most recent one"
Win server 2016, win server 2019, win 10x and win 11: *are we a joke to you?*
windows server versions are not for consumer use, win10x is still win10
win 11 is not out yet, its in alpha test stage
Way back in the day I daily drove a cracked copy of Windows XP, one of the biggest problems I had was when Direct X 9.0c came out and it wouldn't let me install it. Couldn't play a good few games without it back then
Windows Xp was very serious when it came to forgery
Back in the day, one method was to create a restore/backup image and after the 30 days, if it disables Windows, you just restore the previous image, rinse & repeat.
Back in the day you could've activated Windows with 111-1111111 that's a valid Win 95 key Lmao
@@artu165 oh thanks, I can finally activate my win 95 now
@@anonymouscyborg5610 xd
@@debew lAwL
@@artu165 Yep I recently used that key to get Win95 running again on a DEC HiNote Ultra 486 laptop for the sheer fun of it :)
I remember back in Elementary school with windows 7 that watermark being on almost every computer in the library. Though I'm sure they changed that halfway through my 5th grade year.
I remember how vista treated me when I didn't activate it it was pure pain for especially me and by the way vista isn't my first version of windows so I faced this problem with many other versions of windows
It feels like Windows activation is becoming more and more Canadian with the years xD
I Don't get it
@@BarackObama. If you don't pay, nothing will happen
@@silverboy744 thanks I didn't understand too xD
@@BarackObama. Canadians are nice people that arent that annoying
@@OsnoloVrach Pity about their politicians though :(
I think they may have chilled out on the penalties because of Linux recently becoming more of a threat. Gaming support is currently skyrocketing for Linux and so are Nvidia’s graphics driver support. Also the ease of use of Ubuntu / Mint / Deepin / Many Others is just as much as windows. Not to mention it is free and doesn’t spy on you
Also, probably because mobile Windows sucks and it doesn't sell as much as Android.
yea, good point, i didn't think of that although i use various linux distros for daily computing
Ubuntu does spy on you (or used to) and so does Deepin, with Ubuntu specifically they send your search terms to Amazon. With Deepin, in one of the updates, they were collecting telemetry or something from their repository store all though it was then removed. Also do keep in mind the company behind Deepin is funded by the Chinese government (since they are based in China) so its really suspicious if they are secretly spying on you.
Was on mint but now I use Manjaro. 9/10 recommend
@@ItsFlashAndNova For some reason I find Manjaro laggier compared to any other distro, and I have used it on two different computers with different graphics cards and different specs.
I see this is an old post but..
I have an older Dell laptop that I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 to Windows 10, all legal & registered at the time. Last year my hard drive took a dump. The cost to clone and recover (mostly unimportant) stuff was a LOT more than the value of the machine. I just bought a new SSD hard drive getting ready for a clean install.
I have the Keys for Win 7. While I'm waiting for the installation USB to finish, would a new clean install allow me to register with the 7 information? Thanks!
9:00 windows XP stands for 'XTREME PENALTY '
I believe they got in trouble with previous versions with the EU (I think) for disabling the computer for failed activations. There was also a massive issue with Windows XP WGA that gave so many false positives that they got a very bad reputation.
EU is minefield for American manufacturers, lol
I really like your explanation of the fact that Microsoft is trying to punish illegal copies of Windows less and less. Yet gaming industry still doesn't understand this:
If a potential customer doesn't have money, they won't pay for the product, and it really doesn't matter if they are playing your game pirated or not at all. Actually, pirated games have often limited functionality, thus acting as 'free demo' for full game, which could later persuade the player to buy it.
Piracy only is an issue in games the have online multiplayer modes. You can't access the game servers in a pirated version. Single player only games work fine.
There's a similar issue going on with CAD software as well. Dassault Systems is so paranoid about piracy that Solidworks has been given an active DRM program that tracks usage and license status, and they will go out of their way to go after anyone who tries to pirate Solidworks. And when they do, the user has two options: buy a subscription license at a massively inflated price or get sued into bankruptcy.
Autodesk isn't as anal about it but they still get really pissy over "unauthorized usage" i.e. using a personal use license commercially.
Meanwhile Siemens doesn't seem to give much of a shit about it. They might go after you if you try to use SolidEdge personal edition commercially and they catch you, but they don't seem to go out of their way to do so.
The big kicker for the CAD software industry, however, is the absolutely bullshit pricing and license models. Autodesk doesn't offer any perpetual licenses, Fusion360 Enterprise is about $500 a year and Inventor is about ten times that, and while Fusion 360 for Personal Use is free, it's still a yearly license and they force you to use the most up to date version, which generally is increasingly stripped down over earlier programs. Dassault is worse with their subscription licenses, but they do offer perpetual licenses - Solidworks is either $100 a year for personal use or you have the options of either $2500 a year or $5000 one time for commercial. Siemens provides a free personal use license for SolidEdge and a commercial license for around the same price as Solidworks, and also sells NX for $10,000 perpetual. As a result, if you want CAD software for professional use you basically have to either be loaded or part of a large company. It's really difficult to get into CAD software as a startup company - there is a free license for Fusion 360 specifically for startups but you have to apply for it, and Autodesk will only grant you that license if they think you're going to be some up-and-coming industry-changing revolutionary enterprise.
On XP the activation was only on the home version, not on the professional version so anyone using an illegitimate copy used pro. They later pushed the genuine windows check also on pro in around 2008.
The grace period was likely as when XP came it was in no way granted that a computer had Internet connection, let alone broadband. Now for most people a computer is mainly a way to access Internet so a computer without Internet sounds strange.
It would use the dial up modem and it could activate that way you also can call Microsoft on the phone but that process takes longer because you have to give either the automated system or the live rep each segment of the challenge code and it was broken up into a big long string each having 6 digits similar to what happens if a computer with Pro or higher enters BitLocker Recovery Mode
I remember that my grandpa had an old win XP computer and Windows wasn't activated. But appart from having a black wallpaper and the constant "non-genuine software" pop up on the corner pf the screen, it worked normally.
Video: What if you never activate windows?
*KSI has entered the chat*
allow it fam
Bill gates joined the chat
The truth of why windows 10 is so chill is that they make money out of your info which win10 was designed to do
yup! straight up spyware.
no its cuz *wi fi gose off end not saying dis cuz idk the answear*
Hence that is why they forced Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10.
Is that true? Well, I don’t give much info, so joke’s on them!
Biggest Iron 0_0
The evaluation version of Windows Server offers 180 days of full-feature use with the ability to extend it twice, however the penalty for going over that is the OS will shut down every hour, which for a server is brutal. Servers are designed to run 24/7, 365 days a year (typical lifespan of server hardware is 5 years), so downtime every hour makes them useless.
While typing this comment, I just realised you could get around that. Depending on what you're using the servers for, you could make a cluster of evaluation copy virtual machines, boot them with a delay so while one machine restarts the others take over the workload, and all of that can run on layer 1 Hyper-V, which is free to use.
Not that I would ever recommend doing that, but it may work. I'm curious to try it now.
I wanted to add that I've had windows 7 stop the network connection, the icon looked as if it had an unplugged wire. How this happened is I installed WIn7 on a computer that had a dead Cmos battery, date and time were a decade off. When install was done, I corrected the time, the all sorts of activation prompts, windows genuine, and alerts happened. It wasn't until Windows was activated that the network connection started to work properly again. I also experienced incredibly long shutdown process's. As soon as it was activated, computer works fine again, I was thinking I had a bad network card or motherboard...
" You should always pay for what you use"
Except when you're using Linux which is free❤❤👍
Linux is free, that's why it is not popular like Mac or Windows.
@OGkillaz94 Are you saying when you buy a computer, the computer has Windows on it?
@@Lynk713 There are some computers with Windows in it, specially in my country.
But... MAC is free
@@overcast3192 Free!? In my country a computer with Mac costs 2543 dollars or more.
The biggest problem was the restriction of those keys. You could like activate three times and then the key gets invalid. Back in the day reinstalling windows was a thing. I used to do it every 6/9 month or so to get the system smooth again with a fresh install.
I heard that in Windows 7 the Aero Glass theme will be disabled does any know anymore details on this? like can you still customize the color or not or is it just the transparency that's disabled?
hi Thio, i have a failing motherboard which i stopped using already and it has a valid license keys on it. The problem is that im not using it anymore so i bought a used motherboard online from ebay. Is it okay to use those keys? can i still use those keys on my "newly bought used mobo"? It would be a wasted if those keys are not utilized. Thanks
MIcrosoft would rather have people using a non-activated Windows 10 than any previous version of Windows. It's easy enough for someone to run a legal Windows 7 or earlier. The reduced penalties also help prevent people from using pirate versions of Windows 10.
I'm running a Win10 Pro on my machine that I got free use of from the Windows Insider program.
Same here
what windows insider program ?
@@Q_QQ_Q Its a program where aside from the already outrageous amount of information Win10 is collecting on you, you agree to not only let them gather even more but you let them install experimental builds that often crash onto your computer. WriterPatrick has a keylogger on his system and microsoft has all his Email, Bankaccount and any other account you can think of stored on their databases whether he realizes it or not.
@Sedit T what is solution for that ?
@@Q_QQ_Q Didn't say I had one. Best I can do at this point is Resource monitor(look it up in the search bar on windows) and download ProcExplorer(download it) runs as soon as windows starts so I am able to shut down specific resources for monitoring. Shut down anything that says telemetry for starters, turn it all off. That at least gives you some sense of comfort but I think they are lying and still recording even after you turn it off. Disconnect all microphones, they are listening and they admit this in their TOS you signed on installation. They also gather the first 34 mb of data from the webcam everytime it runs and sends that to microsoft. Look into the MCU for x86_64 chips and you will see how bad it really is. There is an OS under your OS, a 486 CPU that runs on your system that has complete control and there is ALMOST nothing you can do about it. Sime groups have been working on flashing a new BIOS to it so it can not have access but the main CPU is so reliant on it there is only so much you can shut down. Dude, I know it sounds like conspiracy theory stuff but its all true and has been admitted. Windows 10 has a built in Keylogger that watches everything you type, it records all sounds and 34mb of Webcam data every time its used. They also regularly scan your computer looking for any video or music file you should not have that do not have the proper DRM. IDK man, its really bad and there is not much that can be done.
Windows 69: sends you a biannual notification kindly asking you to activate with Bill Gates making a sad face.
lmao haha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Windows 420: a once in a forever message that says “please active, we need you to”
@cartman46 He will become software by then
with a matching uwu
@@GGamerLiam Windoze 420 is going to be REALLY chill I think :D
I'm watching this on a non-activated Windows 7 and got the messages "Activate Windows now" (hourly) and "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting." (update) while watching this video.
I used Win 7 for at least 7 years with no popups, no reminders, no nothing except the message "this version is not genuine." I forget how I got it in this state, but it is possible to eliminate all the popups and reminders. And no features like background choices were disabled at all.
I used Windows 7 for two months before going to 8.1 which I used for 8 years.