lemme in@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMicrosoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another yearwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down114
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minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days 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.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-25 days 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.
You actually paid for Windows?
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.
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.