I’m looking to test out Windows, but I don’t want to download it without my VPN. I’m trying to use it in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough so I can play all my games. I also obviously don’t want to pay for a copy. TIA!
These days the best way is to download the official ISO, install without key, open powershell with admin rights and run the massgrave one-liner script with a quick copy/paste.
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Or just use ohook
https://massgrave.dev/ohook.html
Used this about 4 times in the past month alone lol
That looks like for Office? Not Windows?
It’s both
This is the way
There’s also Tiny10/Tiny11 on Archive.org.
I use it in VM’s for testing.
How can you ever trust something like that?
That’s why they’re using a VM.
Google massgravel
Why would you download a “pirated” copy? Just download the dumbass Windows official installer from Microsoft and use the link Ardi60 posted. There’s no reason to needlessly get yourself root-kitted because you were downloading an OS that doesn’t even need to be cracked in order to install.
Windows is free now! No license required. They’re a data company now.
You can actually just use Rufus to create the bootable USB, and it gives you option to disable telemetry and other tracking shit.
I’m not sure if there is a utility for windows as there is for Nvidia drivers (Nvinstall), which automatically downloads the files, removes all the unnecessary shit as per your preferences and creates a new installer.
I’ve used Rufus to create a Windows USB from ISO and I didn’t see any options to remove telemetry, but that was years ago. There may be such options now that it’s known how much they’ve become a spyware company.
You don’t have to download pirated Windows. Microsoft offers free versions of Windows (at least 10, not sure about other versions) on their website for making a bootable usb.
Hardly ever use Windows myself, but I’m pretty sure you can just download it from Microsoft and refuse all the nags to register it when you are installing it.
Download the official iso from Microsoft, install it, then run MAS on it if you really want to activate it.
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Does wine have problems with some of your games?
What if someone wants to download ltsc?
Windows long term service (not sure what the c means)
You can get an iso for that from Microsoft or internet archive and follow the same steps.
Channel?
Code?Yes channel, that’s the one
I was using TechBench to download ISO’s from MS without having to change my useragent.
Sadly it looks like the project has been retired in favour of their Files project, but trawling through that to find entries that actually have download links is a royal pain in the ass.
If anyone has a tip on easily finding the latest download for each Windows version then I’d love to hear it.
Edit: Massgrave seems to be current best option: https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media.html
Even if I hate to pay for it, the best safe solution get a cheap windows 7 or 10 key and if you want upgrade it. It’s free. Pirating something like an os is high risk I won’t do it.
Win7 keys are done for.
Win10 keys are the only hope.
Just use quickemu, it will download the ISO and setup the VM for you in less than 10 minutes. If it doesn’t download the ISO you can get it from M$'s website.
Also if you don’t wanna pay and don’t absolutely need windows just use any one of the many free Linux distros honestly.
You don’t download pirated copies for your your safety.
Download official ISOs from https://massgrave.dev/ (preferably the business editions and install Enterprise,… or Pro) and then use the provided activator on the same website.
Side note: Enterprise is the same as Pro without some telemetry / garbage by default or that can be further disabled, so you can safely use it.
Ghostspectre but it’s a debloated version
