lemme in@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another yearwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1392arrow-down113
arrow-up1379arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another yearwww.theverge.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months 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.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months 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.
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You actually paid for Windows?
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.
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.