• anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Microsoft has been weirdly protective of their installation image downloads for some time now. I don’t really get why.

    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It’s so you can’t reinstall your Windows and get stuck with the OEM’s (bad) install. It also brings more repairs.

    • real_squids@sopuli.xyz
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      21 hours ago

      Yeah remember that tool that could pull any ISO you could imagine off their official servers? Pepperidge farm remembers