• katy ✨
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    7 months ago

    don’t you need one at that point to tie the windows activation to your account?

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      7 months ago

      Microsoft does sync activation keys to your account but the license is also embedded in the firmware in recent prebuilt laptops and desktops, so you don’t need a Microsoft account to activate.

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      7 months ago

      I absolutely hate that. What’s wrong with just entering a key? They act like it’s difficult or they’re doing something truly impressive when it’s obvious they’re getting way more out of users having an account