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... But nobody's abusing KMS anymore.
Silly Redmond, we've been over here zeroing out the Confirmation ID to activate Windows for a while now. No pirate has time to queue up 25+ activations to get a KMS request to go out to Microsoft.
by kotaKat
If you're ordering new servers without TPMs these days, you are doing it wrong.
by sgalbincea
- can microsoft cut the crap and give us a windows optimal version already?
- no bloatware, no malware, no adware, no unnecessary tools, 4x the price
- am sure a whole chunk of people ll happily pay it to get their hands on an OS that runs at blazing speeds instead of the bloated crap we got in the name of windows these days
by vivzkestrel
This is for KMS running on Windows Server. Doesn’t impact retail, OEM, or MAK.
by 0x1d7
Pretty obvious place to start. The purpose of the TPM is to prevent users from running unapproved software on the device.
What is windows actually good at? I bought a computer with it pre installed a copy a few years back and it seemed like just an upsell into Microsoft’s ecosystem and random other ads.
Everything was slow, barely responsive you could just feel the code bloat. After a few hours I just gave up and installed a Linux distro.
Are people really putting up with this en masse as consumers?
by xfour
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- Hacker News
- ... But nobody's abusing KMS anymore.
Silly Redmond, we've been over here zeroing out the Confirmation ID to activate Windows for a while now. No pirate has time to queue up 25+ activations to get a KMS request to go out to Microsoft.
by kotaKat - If you're ordering new servers without TPMs these days, you are doing it wrong.by sgalbincea
- - can microsoft cut the crap and give us a windows optimal version already?
- no bloatware, no malware, no adware, no unnecessary tools, 4x the price
- am sure a whole chunk of people ll happily pay it to get their hands on an OS that runs at blazing speeds instead of the bloated crap we got in the name of windows these days
by vivzkestrel - This is for KMS running on Windows Server. Doesn’t impact retail, OEM, or MAK.by 0x1d7
- Pretty obvious place to start. The purpose of the TPM is to prevent users from running unapproved software on the device.
- What is windows actually good at? I bought a computer with it pre installed a copy a few years back and it seemed like just an upsell into Microsoft’s ecosystem and random other ads.
Everything was slow, barely responsive you could just feel the code bloat. After a few hours I just gave up and installed a Linux distro.
Are people really putting up with this en masse as consumers?
by xfour