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Re:"Upgrade" has become the most frightening word in the Eng... by BuyMyBitcoins on Monday April 21, 2025 @01:48AM (#43748797)
Correct, for now. It is getting increasingly difficult to bypass and it’s not unreasonable to think that the command line and registry tweaks that are still available today will get disabled in the near future. Microsoft has already disabled a few bypasses.
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Re:"Upgrade" has become the most frightening word in the Eng... by bigfatkitten on Monday April 21, 2025 @02:06AM (#43748873)
Bypasses will continue to be available for as long as Microsoft still wants to make money from government agencies with isolated networks.

Just means you might eventually have to pirate some special SKU of Windows that you can't buy as a normal user.

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Re:"Upgrade" has become the most frightening word in the Eng... by fakedang on Monday April 21, 2025 @03:17AM (#43749192)
Command line and registry tweaks? I didn't bother with any of those and got an unlinked account set up the minute I first booted up Windows, as did all the non-technical folks in my family. Sure, the option is obscured very much during the first launch process, but it's still very much doable by someone without any technical chops.
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Re:"Upgrade" has become the most frightening word in the Eng... by poincaredisk on Monday April 21, 2025 @04:03AM (#43749418)
How long ago was that? As far as I know it really is pretty hidden nowadays.
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