I am currently using a legitimate copy of Windows 11, on the latest version. Just started getting this message after the latest update.
Considering I already have Linux and Mac as alternatives, if they actually pull my license they will just lose a lifelong customer. Their business decisions truly boggle the mind…
I used to run windows strictly for gaming. Over a year ago, I leapt from the flaming dumpster fire that is Microsoft, and I’ve never once wished that I hadn’t. Everything I need works on Linux.
Just bought myself a steam deck. Gaming on Linux has never been so pleasant.
Nice. OLED?
Nah I went LCD 512 when it went on sale for 419 CAD.
Like windows for all games or just anti cheat games cause Linux gaming support is pretty great on most games that are not outright hostile towards it like kernel level anti-cheat games you should give it a try.
Anti cheat works fine nowadays, I’ve heard that the only problems are caused by devs/publishers that explicitly don’t allow their games to launch on Linux. e.g. Elden Ring and Apex Legends both use easy anticheat; the former boots just fine on Linux while the latter doesn’t work no matter what you do
Apex with EAC worked perfectly fine on Linux for the last 2 years, EA just decided to break it by replacing EAC with their own anti-cheat which is Windows only.
Yeah I don’t really notice as I stopped playing multi-player games after quake 3 and I just keep playing quake 2 and Doom
You think that’s fucked, I updated and I get this message now that won’t fuck off, stating I am both up to date, and missing updates at the same fucking time. Doesn’t matter how many times I check for updates, nothing new is found, nothing installs.
You can hope they won’t pull your license, but with this shit I’m just hoping they don’t brick my fucking system.
That’s a classic Windows update error if I’ve ever seen one!
No doubt, I’m floored.
Who needs a license when there’s massgravel/MAS
This message doesn’t say anything about the validity of your license, though. Or am I missing something?
I’m not up to date on Windows versions, but saying Win 11 has reached end of service is… unexpected?
No it’s just a license breakage. It happens sometimes.
Seems like they resolved the issue - the license was legitimate.
Maybe there’s a service pack?
That means you have an old version and need to run Windows update lol. Linux updates too. It says that every few weeks if you never reboot.
You realize that is a screenshot of the Windows update tool, right? Lol… The purpose of this post is that it wouldn’t let me update, saying that my legitimate copy of Windows 11 was at end of service. The issue has since been resolved.
I do realize it. I also think that if you need this much hand holding to use a computer that you’re goin to have the same problem with Linux.
How does sharing a screenshot of an issue with Microsoft’s licensing server indicate that I need hand holding to use a computer? This is a Linux forum, if I had to guess every person here is on the high end of computer proficiency. It seems to me you are just a hostile person who likes to bully people online.
You seem like someone who spams lemmy with bullshit
You seem like someone who thinks they know everything about computers, but have actually never used or updated a windows pc.
Also, you seem like the only person on my block list, so… congrats, I guess!
saying that my legitimate copy of Windows 11 was at end of service
The screenshot says the version you use reached EoS and you need to update. There’s absolutely nothing about invalid licenses in the screenshot.
Good job for getting upvotes on a “haha winblows bad” troll post, I guess.
I was frustrated in the moment because my valid license randomly said it reached end of service without reason. Not entirely sure this qualifies as a troll post… Search this problem, considering the thread on the Microsoft forums I wasn’t the only one with the issue.
Please reread your comment and what it was replying to, we said the same thing.
Why do people avoid using the word Microsoft? It’s annoying when you use filters and people just circumvent them.
Update your filters, bro. M$ is used for decades.
Why though? What is the purpose of avoiding the filters? Are there shadow-bans based on keywords on Lemmy? There might be something I’m missing, but I only see this as a way to inconvenience people who use filters.
Are you asking why people use abbreviations? It’s to save time. Nobody is considering your filters when they abbreviate stuff. As inconsiderate as that is.
Obligatory fuck Microsoft. Sorry, M$. Time is valuable.
If you’re browsing Lemmy, you’ve got plenty of time to type an entire word. But, this discussion is going absolutely nowhere, so I’ll stop responding.
Honestly, I think it all leads back to the original character limit of Twitter. It’s referencing that Microsoft is money-grubbing and power-hungry.
That makes sense, thanks!
No it doesn’t.
Since at the very least the dollar sign replacement is older than twitter.
And it was done by people who compared the company to nazi Germany.
You can write Microsoft like it’s naughty with changing it’s meaning even though it is the same
Micros**t
Oh no, an update? The horror!
Does the learn more link actually say anything useful or relevant?
That would be a no:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/lifecycle/faq/windows
I’d assume someone accidentally wrote 23H instead of 22H, and then no one else bothered to check it.
Turns out clippy can’t replace all the people they laid off after all.
Microsoft shouldn’t revoke license keys unless it’s a leaked VL key being spread around for piracy or the like. The semi-annual major updates seem to count as “versions” like Windows 11 22H2 (now end of service) vs Windows 11 24H2 (current). That said, it’s a poorly worded error message and it doesn’t help that Windows 11 will cry wolf at every opportunity.
I made the jump to Linux a few months ago, and while there are certain conveniences that I miss, everything I actually need works fine. As for gaming, I don’t play anything with kernel level anticheat, so it doesn’t matter to me that those don’t work on linux.
Which bits do you miss?
