What if You NEVER Activate Windows?

DOES WINDOWS STOP WORKING IF YOU DON'T ACTIVATE?
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Windows has always had certain penalties for those who either wait to activate their copy, or refuse to at all. But what actually happens if you just ignore the prompts and never activate your copy of Windows with a genuine key? The answer depends on your version of Windows, so we go over all the different penalties in the most recent versions of Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and XP. It may surprise you!
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0:00 - Intro & Windows Versions
1:05 - Windows 10
2:41 - Windows 8
4:22 - Windows 7
6:31 - Windows Vista
8:53 - Windows XP
9:18 - Why Has it Gotten More Lenient?
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[@ThioJoe]

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[@_SJ]

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[@risix]

You suddenly started talking in portuguese and i got desperate searching for how to turn it off 🤣

[@hellowill]

How does it work? You uploade the audio files or KZbin provided them??

[@rebot_]

It’s on german for me wtf

[@christianpryor]

The audio translation to german is gramaticly very correct. No errors. Only the typical computer voice is not the best on the market. The speed adaption is "new" for me, but working well.

[@aero253]

10: Just activate please 8: please activate 7: Activate it... V: I SAID ACTIVATE IT XP: You didn’t activate, goodbye.

[@ninjavenom2971]

xp is so angry if you dont active

[@chocolateimage]

eXPerience the disaster

[@dtl5298]

Windows XP Will Stab You With A Knife If You Don't Activate It! XD

[@dtl5298]

I Meant Instant Shutdown By Stabbing With A Knife.

[@professorhodgeson9762]

Why activate rubbish? 🤣

[@genrole]

Windows 10 is like the WinRAR of operating systems.

[@musichub7299]

facts

[@sheeloesreallycool]

I thought winrar was a great software to use.

[@sheeloesreallycool]

A NoLifer Oh got it

[@SM77785]

@@sheeloesreallycool It's certainly better than Win10

[@mmcheddar]

UserTCQ it’s called a joke

[@orangehatretro]

Windows 10: “buy a license eventually pls” Windows 7+8: “you seriously need to get a license” Windows Vista: “I will piss you off until you get a License” Windows XP: *”Your free trial of existence has expired”*

[@jacksonforche9252]

Windows 10: no pain Windows 8: mild, moderate Windows Vista: severe, very severe Windows XP: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Thischannelisalreadyclosed]

Windows 10 has became friendly

[@K008gr]

Maybe Windows 10 has very little punishments, because if you take a deeper look, you'll notice that windows 10 is kinda overrated. What I try to say is: •Windows 7 has a purely for desktop UI. •Windows 8.1 separates desktop UI on the desktop and tablet UI on the start menu. But windows 10 has a lot of inconsistencies (trashing warning): 1. Desktop UI and tablet UI are mixed 2. There's bloatware on the start menu (also the start menu sucks in general) 3. Tablet mode just doesn't work: On Windows 8.1, the pinned apps tab and all apps tab on the start menu can be accessed by sliding your finger if you have a touchscreen, but on Windows 10, it's just buttons on the top left. 4. There are duplicate apps on Windows 10: •Microsoft Edge + IE 11 •Paint 3D + Paint •Groove Music + Windows Media Player •Settings + Control Panel 5. (I don't this is an issue anymore) being begged to upgrade to the latest version

[@worthaquintillion]

true

[@Michael12689]

I got a question if I never install windows onto my usb and plug that usb stick into my new pc I just won’t beable to customize the background

[@PabTSM-OfficialChannel]

"Set as desktop background": i'm about to start this man's whole career

[@veto_real]

lol you made a meme but it's the oppostiet

[@NuggestNugget]

wallpaper engine 👍

[@yourboylos2532]

@@NuggestNugget Just built my new pc and didn't notice it wouldn't let me change stuff i instantly got Wallpaper engine 🤣

[@_stuffandstuff]

Windows 10: Not a big deal, you’ll prob buy a license someday. Windows XP: either activate windows, or I spontaneously combust into flames.

[@Kalaxian80animations]

So xD

[@duoscorner8133]

LOOOL

[@_stuffandstuff]

I’m still here.

[@avy8601]

Lmao its gonna be XP

[@BendyGamerYT]

Windows 10: not a big deal, you'll prob buy a license someday **50 years later** Windows 10: yeah, you'll prob buy it someday... **50 years later** Windows 10: someday... **50 years later** Windows 10: some...day... **735382538261919129433 years later** Windows 10: yeah...you will buy it.........someday.............. **9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 years later** Windows 10: it's all fine, you'll still buy a license someday........ **5 days later** R.I.P Windows 10 2019-11114444777799991111444477991111 **meanwhile in heaven** Windows 10: yeah, you'll buy a license someday, I believe in you

[@Paula-vq5pt]

Windows 17: You will be forced to call bill gates every 10 minutes and tell him why you didn't activate

[@startpowxr]

BECAUSE I'M POOR, OK!?

[@unlit8317]

Poor Bill Gates, he won’t be able to do his everyday actions and even sleep then probably. And because of that he will probably just let you use a non-genuine Windows 17 copy freely already, just so you will leave him alone :D.

[@kenan2386]

Activate Windows 10 free

[@sheeloesreallycool]

F /? /\ /V\ E Did you forget the joke?

[@sheeloesreallycool]

WheatleyOffDaGoop Are you illiterate? How was stating the actual logical adding onto the joke?

[@brianbarker2551]

I seem to remember it was for security, so many people were running unpatched versions of an unlicensed Windows it was causing viruses to spread around easily.

[@williamhestilow4021]

That and they wanted to mine and sell user data

[@izzyxvibes]

Welp my dad installed windows on the family computer to play a game that's only for windows and I hope he downloaded the official one from microsoft. (I have my own windows laptop)

[@Dr-Random]

Windows 10: if you don’t activate it’ll be fine Windows XP: either activate or no computer

[@Spoudey]

MS-DOS: “hey, just install DOS, no activation because tbh that process is shit”

[@accountdisbanded]

Windows 11: You don't have to activate. I'm still secure

[@davislynn4771]

In windows 10 build 2205 may 2022 update it will be like windows xp and windows 10 build 2205 is before windows 11

[@madsinj4722]

Linux and ubuntu: activation? Wats dat?

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

@@madsinj4722 windows: paying for a activation key you don't need on other os's

[@forksandpopsticles9183]

Microsoft: you cant customize windows 10 Me: oh no, anyways...

[@nushayeer]

Suddenly.I right clicked on a photo

[@xexpaguette]

However, me: *My pain is immeasurable and my life is ruined.*

[@benjaminme8682]

would wallpaper engine work i wonder

[@deadchannel5933]

@forks and popsticles lmaooo This is one of the best uses of the "Oh no, anyways..." meme! Seriosuly, tho, great meme! 👍👍👍

[@kingcp0878]

Sounds like the most relatable meme with this template

[@KingMasadaX]

I think the reason for the lack of penalties from XP to 10, in part may be as he said, to get as many Windows users as possible, but I think thats a small part of the bigger reasoning, back when XP ruled, they essentially had no competition, now it has 2, Mac & Linux, Mac's upgrades are free or under $20, and Linux (Mainly the Debian, Mint & Ubuntu) are completely free, and due to small installation size, and no Bloatware, in a speed test outperform Windows, while using barely any Ram, leading to a better experience, and many programs have a Linux option, and for the ones who don't, the Linux community has developed a very similar free alternative, overall Windows changed tactics because they have strong competition, and they lost a huge market share, because they are no longer THE option, they've become just AN option, so they can't nickel and dime you anymore, or they'll fall further behind.

[@khoroshoorange]

yeah with steam OS, proton and steam deck even gaming is now viable on linux. if people get to use windows for "free" they wont check out the competition.

[@TheTimelessOne26]

@@khoroshoorange that isn't literally true. There are some games that still wont work on linux. Like halo mcc. Or any game with anticheat software on it. So, most users of linux still have to do vms to play them. Which for some games can get you kick or even ban for using that (if you try to hide you using vms and what not). Most battleye games fall under this category. So it is definitely better but it is not every game. Hopefully it does so I can finally never have to use a windows vm/ duel boot again. Mac on the other hand. Ya. Good luck.

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Its solelly to keep customers MACs marketshare is nothing compared to windows and Linux isnt even an alternative lmao people that are using linux are devoting their lifes into it thats the sole reason it has less than 0.2% market share

[@TheTimelessOne26]

@@kyarumomochi5146 that is not true at all. The worse os in terms of a alternative is fucking mac. But linux is definitely a alternative and some cases better than windows (looking at you windows updates and what not). Like, everything works on linux at this point. The only exception is honestly gaming. And even then about 90% of games out there works. Like I have a sample size of about 1000 games and less than 30. Prob even 20 does not works on linux (prob even less than that). That is insane. To how it was before. Before protondb was a thing. So ya. Again, there are shortcomings but it is def getting there. And there is a very easy situation to deal with that. Vms. Which almost everyone does that if they use linux to game. Or duel boot for the 3 games that truly dont like vms (battleeye games).

[@hig8436]

The watermark keeps growing until there is no more screen left

[@venkat2277]

lol

[@christian3817]

Lmfao

[@GoatStormChaser]

That would be really cool

[@SluggishRain]

why is this such an underrated comment

[@Starburst7641]

XD

[@marioghioneto1275]

Another reason is like; “Well, they ain’t paying me for this installation of windows, but they ain’t paying our competitors either so at least if I don’t get the money my competitors don’t get it either”

[@xubairaca]

they dont want people to switch to linux , now a days linux is pretty much easier to learn and user friendly

[@bombytetoo]

haha linux 😐

[@SFSAtlas]

@@xubairaca and free

[@aiden5573]

@@SFSAtlas and very customisable

[@flutterwind7686]

@@joeyjoeanu4910 If all your doing is simple document editing and running off basic applications, most programs have been prepackaged for Debian besides a select few. And in the rare case Linux doesn't have it, that's what Proton / Wine / VM is for.

[@robertwolfiii8711]

Thanks for keeping us up-to date thio.

[@aimsameer]

One reason which I think you should have added is - The market is now filled with tons of freeware OS and are available to be used by anybody. So, instead of making people use these other OS Microsoft allowed these users to use its windows, considering maybe(like you mentioned) they'll be able to extract money out of these users via other means like store and office etc.

[@RealistikDash]

If you don't activate Windows everyone will mock you for it

[@NikA-wr6px]

RealistikDash ask ksi

[@ThioJoe]

Pretty much

[@3kene347]

@@NikA-wr6px i wss just about to comment that

[@smittdog2005]

nothing happens on window 10 you just cant customize it

[@zinsy23]

Even though I've activated Windows, I'm still getting mocked about it by watching this video!

[@claudiaveronicagaray8846]

WinRAR: Your free trial has ended Me: minimizes it to bypass ir WinRAR: *Understandable, have a great day*

[@fedbar]

You can close it aswell and your fine aswell

[@theindustrymanagementteam]

🤣😭

[@haijehiemstra2883]

Its for bussineses the activation for winrar and thats why its infinite trial

[@TheBiko]

Stolen

[@claudiaveronicagaray8846]

@@TheBiko ?

[@mjayjock1]

You just provided an amazing amount of history that had to take you a long time to learn. Love the site..

[@asstronaut420]

9:00 windows XP stands for 'XTREME PENALTY '

[@minniema8180]

Person: does not activate windows Windows XP, and Vista: I’m about to end this mans whole career Windows 7: you don’t have to activate but pls do it Windows 8, 8.1, and 10: ok what ever

[@etlttc353]

All accurate

[@derontanzil6939]

Lol

[@ericlikefries3697]

I'm your 101 likes!

[@minniema8180]

EricLikeFries! Thanks man that’s a lot!!

[@ericlikefries3697]

@@minniema8180 your welcome!

[@tannerwimer]

Windows 10: “I won’t let you put a background.” Me: okay whatever as long as I still can play my games.

[@JDmerkem]

Can you still use rainmeter and things like that to customize your desktop?

[@alanyt0847]

I put wallpaper from the media player of win 10 but i dont care i use an app of Steam of animated wallpapers (wallpaper engine)

[@tannerwimer]

JDmerkem you know I have no idea

[@Pompey_Sr]

Just download any wallpaper or photo, right click on it and click on “set as wallpaper”

[@poseidonstrident8184]

@@Pompey_Sr doesn't work like that

[@silvercord2694]

Imagine you're about to complete a tough level and the windows activation pops up and ruins everything. *Steam from head and ears*

[@raphaeloberhummer5071]

The better question is: "What would happen if you activate Windows in a VM clone this and start both together?"

[@TylerTMG]

It might not check online if it's been used.

[@cmdlet98]

You can make a Windows 10 virtual machine with a Windows 10 license and you can make copies as long as you only run one virtual machine at one time, running them simultaneously would be considered piracy or theft under some law, depending on your country. I'd hate to mess with Microsoft's Lawyers, that's why I moved to Linux, open source is available and affordable and nobody needs to pirate because it's usually free, the only applications that cost are more enterprise solutions you'd find in Data Centers and MSP environments. Windows manufactured OS paywalls just to use their operating system, which is scandalous, Google chromeOS was built from Linux as is Android. The windows phone didn't do too well, but I think eventually they will make a compelling phone, just as long as it isn't built like windows 8 😂

[@wewong.wowong]

Windows XP without activating it is like removing the first word from its name. You're left with a dead emoticon. XP

[@nixbrawlstars5510]

lmao i understand but it will be more fun if they name it windows xd

[@sakiafrfr]

@@nixbrawlstars5510 lol

[@NoNamelolxd]

They should make a operation system with name "Windows XD"

[@Master83061]

200IQ

[@Archyans]

@@NoNamelolxd windows exderience

[@aw3dwafda950]

You forgot 2 things 1) it’s a living nightmare for ocd people seeing that at the bottom of the screen 2) everyone laughs at you

[@NewsofPE]

you can just remove it if I remember right

[@steriftes]

What's OCD?

[@rnnto]

Isn't removing the watermark super easy?

[@NewsofPE]

@@rnnto yep

[@QuixoteX]

If you think everyone is laughing at you that's another disorder. Sure some will, but I think most will either not care or be worried.

[@ODonthebeat]

You can still change your background with un-activated windows 10. You just right click on a image and "set as background." Ive had windows 10 unregistered for 8 years lmao.

[@cassandracastro2759]

Fun thing is that windows 10 only prevents customizing from the config menu, but you can still fully customize it using the win10 default tools, as long as you're willing to spend a couple hours learning about the OS, you can customize it without 3rd party software or tampering.

[@swaponnath]

10: You can't change your background Me: I like my backround

[@donovanyoelruth3448]

i wanna change my background please

[@mobileletsplays4660]

@@donovanyoelruth3448 Right click on a Pic and click set as background :)

[@sus641]

@@mobileletsplays4660 if u didnt activate ur windows (like i did) you cant change it unless you find a way how

[@haishz4254]

Cant bath just go to google and download any background image and open photo just right click set as background. (i did that)

[@sus641]

@@haishz4254 oh ok thanks

[@unseenentity326]

I've seen the "Not genuine Windows" message on Theater Movie Trailer screens above the snack bar.

[@prasantadutta]

I had seen in an ATM machine once

[@TFD500Official]

WHAT NO WAY

[@nebulouscat5477]

That's why some one should get the key

[@l1nc6525]

I saw it on my pc even though I had and still have a digital license, it's gone now

[@Infevlol]

I had seen in shop.

[@mahdihanif1393]

Windows 11 also same with win 10, but change built-in theme only, and cannot change third party themes, colors, lock screen, user picture, lock screen (expect change it in UWP Photos) and wallpaper (except change it from explorer) In windows 10/11, you can also change theme in explorer instead of personalization settings by open C:/Windows/Resources/Themes

[@shariqhasan6220]

Also sometimes Windows 10 comes pre-activate by means of hardware license I believe when you buy a new pc/laptop that has windows 10 installed. So no matter how many times you reinstall Windows you can just activate using the license embedded in your system.

[@iamblackwhite101]

windows xp : activate windows plz me: didn't activate xp: so u have chosen death

[@anterax4097]

Speak for yourself: I chose the cake

[@arshad723]

me running windows xp on virtual machine XD lmao

[@Chanceux2]

lol

[@OutfoxedSAR]

Yes

[@Acarya-k]

Windows in 2030: Activate your windows now me: no Windows: *Understandable Have A Nice Day*

[@MrCatFishek]

Windows: but you are gona lose one file every day :)

[@samitechcookie9758]

@@MrCatFishek 😯😅

[@lorishofer2889]

it's "great day"

[@Cl0udwastak3n]

@@lorishofer2889 its nice day not great day

[@NoNamelolxd]

If you dont activate windows. Air and everything will come inside.

[@calessel3139]

Some years ago I bought Windows 7 on sale for 50 bucks on Amazon. Everything looked genuine from what I could see. But after I installed and registered it, I would receive a notice that it wasn't a legitimate copy. However, I found out that if I simply registered it a second time microsoft would seem to accept it as a real copy and the OS would run perfectly fine afterwards. I still suspect that it was a pirated version but I've never been sure.

[@NerdTouchingGrass]

This was very helpful because i want to run my old PC as a windows server and did not want to buy yet ANOTHER copy or key

[@MidlandWR100]

Me: in a conference call that is 1 hour and 25 minutes Windows Vista: ight ima go shut down

[@burningchicken3175]

lol

[@dislikemyvids9222]

𝕆𝕙 𝕟𝕠 :)

[@michaelcoll433]

That happens whenever you move the mouse and windows needs to reboot to make the change

[@Recommended_by_Chloe]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that this guy gave us 15 minutes of solid information, and how much work he must have put into this video (e.g. the self-made clips)? *Amazing, I got windows from thekey365*

[@siroj4249]

Almost all Windows PCs in our school are running unactivated Win7.

[@oliverpyke9590]

My subsitute teacher has a unactivated windows 7 and the background is always black

[@raiedkhan9568]

My school is full of optiplexes and think centre with unactivated windows

[@EsarsiYT]

call FBI

[@minecraftmobking2628]

Use windows loader software or suggest that

[@itsrobloxhere]

Just use slmgr -rearm

[@altonlynch5464]

Before XP, you could put any operating system on any PC that could handle that operating system, but XP required registration. If your PC came with XP then, could get the codes by calling Microsoft help line. There were ways around still using XP without registering XP.

[@NeganLucilleForever]

for windows 10, those penalties are less painful if you google how to change those settings in directly the registry.

[@gmh50o26]

ME : Didn't activate Windows* Windows xp : im about to end this man's whole career

[@Benfy-here]

😂

[@Engineer9736]

At what kind of company do people have to pay for the Windows license with their own funds? If your career is depending on Windows then why the hell would you not transfer those 80 dollars? You deserve it to loose your income if you are that stupid.

[@LiEnby]

There's a command u can run to reset it

[@gmh50o26]

@@Engineer9736 it's joke dumbass who uses xp still

[@ratanbharadwaj7564]

@@Engineer9736 r/woooosh

[@szr8]

What I've always really disliked is how the claim would be that the *software* is "not genuine" or "counterfeit" for a real, unmodified copy, instead of making it clear that the key is invalid. I've had *WAY* too many clients who thought that their real copy was a fake or "hacked" clone. Quite frankly, I've long found Microsoft to be rather disingenuous when it came to those claims.

[@Just_A_Normal_Indian]

I "Activated" Windows Vista 🤨

[@Just_A_Normal_Indian]

This Is *WHY* We Should Use Windows Vista And Windows 7

[@LaneWyatt]

@@Just_A_Normal_Indian Not big on windows vista, but windows 7 has stolen my heart and ran away with it lol. I use windows 10 bc I have to for a lot of stuff I use, but windows 7 was sm better. BRING WINDOWS 7 BACK!! :(

[@Lambdambient]

Windows 12: No limitations at all. You can customize me unlike Windows 10 even if I'm not activated. You can also go activate me if you're rich enough :)

[@triplearielinfinite2]

Honestly the activate windows watermark is like a badge of honor. Since pre build pc and laptops have a windows copy installed with other bloatware. The activate windows watermark is evidence that you build your own custom pc and know how they work

[@Feefis]

microsoft: "you can't customize windows without a license" wallpaper engine: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@Sreekar617]

u can just right click an image and it still gives u a button to use as wallpaper

[@throwawaygh]

@@jerardsamaniego6225 so is im i a joke to you good grammer?

[@avert_bs]

@@jerardsamaniego6225 you also had bad grammar

[@craxaon]

@@avert_bs yes me bad grammar hehe I do cook cookie

[@City1Tiger]

@@jerardsamaniego6225 your still a joke

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

17: windows is freeware now!! 10: activateee 8: activate pleaseee 7: pleaseee activate your windows Vista: activate your windows bro! RIGHT NOW!!! XP: not activate? You CANT USE YOUR PC WITHOUT ACTIVATE WINDOWS!!! Me, 2000, 98,95,3.1,3.0,2.0,1.0: You cant install windows without enter your product key. ENTER YOUR PRODUCTKEY NOWWW!!!!! MS DOS: just install it, its completely original.

[@KPoWasTaken]

Vista: activate or I'll shut down the pc every hour of you using it which could make you lose data

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

@@KPoWasTaken LOL its funny

[@LRM12o8]

There won't be another Windows after Windows 10, Microsoft said it themselves. | And seeing how rapidly Microsoft degrades the user experience of Windows 10 with more and stupid more anti-consumer policies and restrictions, I actually believe what they say this one time.

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

@@LRM12o8 It is true? What??

[@ulungrinjanidharma8609]

@SWTV i know that, but there is no more windows after 10? 10 is the last? Whyyyyyyy:((

[@HarmonicaMustang]

The evaluation version of Windows Server offers 180 days of full-feature use with the ability to extend it twice, however the penalty for going over that is the OS will shut down every hour, which for a server is brutal. Servers are designed to run 24/7, 365 days a year (typical lifespan of server hardware is 5 years), so downtime every hour makes them useless. While typing this comment, I just realised you could get around that. Depending on what you're using the servers for, you could make a cluster of evaluation copy virtual machines, boot them with a delay so while one machine restarts the others take over the workload, and all of that can run on layer 1 Hyper-V, which is free to use. Not that I would ever recommend doing that, but it may work. I'm curious to try it now.

[@kalenipclaw5683]

we're gonna reach windows 100 and unactivated copies will be exactly like activated copies except that every so often a tiny bit of text appears hidden by the taskbar saying "maybe activate sometime? maybe next year? idk"

[@benjaminxoxo]

Lol our school hasn't activated windows on any of their school computers

[@partydonut214]

*FBI Open Up!!!*

[@Drako8763]

Thug life

[@Pushed2InsanityYT]

My school pc's are actual dog shit

[@BenCos2018]

My old secondary school upgraded to Windows 10 and didn't activate it

[@kiildide]

My school pc's are intel i9's

[@OutOfNameIdeas2]

Windows in 2030: activate windows please. Me: nah Windows: understandable, here is a free windows key.

[@itzyuzuruclips]

Lemoa

[@Phoenix-gi9kx]

@@itzyuzuruclips lemao

[@itzyuzuruclips]

@@Phoenix-gi9kx lmoae

[@Spian45]

Lemoao

[@olek0]

Lomeao

[@alipourmiralam5871]

great video, thanks man

[@MustacheVerra]

Thanks for the info.

[@SinerAthin]

I think your assessment about it being a size & money thing is spot on. Also, the more people use a program, the more likely it is to spread to other users. A pirate might not pay for the product, but by using it they are contributing to the program's presence indirectly. And a pirate might always become a legit user in the future, or they might influence their friends/peers to use the product, some of which might actually pay for it.

[@guzix77]

Windows 8: imma send a giant popup Me: shutdown the computer

[@maorshapira1578]

Ight imma shutdown the computer

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

Use your phone or game console.

[@corefinder1533]

Thanks for explaining it.

[@SuperNintendoGlitchy7]

After a BSOD, Windows think my hardware has changed, and i can't reactivate it anymore, i get some errors ... :/

[@acharris]

They get more money selling the data of Windows 10 users than they do selling the keys

[@purkalurk123]

cool tricks guy as if they don’t do the same shit. Lololol

[@Cobalt985]

@Purkalurk Proof?

[@r3dpl4x99]

@cool tricks guy try playing games on mac lol

[@brokentilebench]

cool tricks guy Mac OS is piece of crap, just like the rest of apples products.

[@Captain-yv9wz]

YETI JUST ATE A DOG but its actually alive thank you for your compréhension by knowing that Apple is a piece of crap. Thanks

[@realdebugg]

"pirate windows" they literally have a free iso and installer download on their own website lmao

[@gernegesehen2985]

Did you work with this version?

[@culture.]

@@gernegesehen2985 yes the one on the website is what I use on all my pcs. Very nice

[@gernegesehen2985]

@@culture. ok I want to do that, because the version on my hard drive is for x32 and I have x64 so it works but it is slow. So I am using Linux because it is for free. I made it dual boot so that I can use Windows if is needed But that what you are doing listens to me very interesting. So I could maybe have a fast windows system

[@anastasiasgaming1380]

Window xp and vista are hard to find in iso images. I found and made a copy of window xp from a illegal site. It's very hard to find those since they are years older.

[@fusionbrawlvxl3864]

I think that's for if you have a valid product key for that OS. I was prompted to enter one when I downloaded it from the official Microsoft website.

[@katieg1071]

My friend has had an illegitimate copy of Windows 10 for years now. (For context, they live in Bangladesh; they became proficient in piracy because so many things were totally unavailable to them or ridiculously expensive if they were) Every time I'd see good ol "Activate Windows", I'd wonder why their computer hadn't just self-destructed like many other things with anti-piracy. Turns out Windows is just chill with it. That's nice of them :)

[@powerpc6037]

I don't see not being able to install system updates as the biggest penalty, like you claim it to be at 5:59 in the video. I have an activated version of Windows 7 and I haven't installed ANY updates for the last 12 years. The first week I got this pc with Win7 preinstalled, I was playing an MMORPG and wanted to run a dungeon, which requires multiple players. It took me an hour to find a group of 6 people to run the dungeon and when we finally were inside for about 3 minutes, Windows decided in the background it was the perfect time to install updates. So it shut down my game without warning or even asking if it was convenient and started to install updates. Since this was the first time, this took a while and I lost that dungeon run and lots of time in the process and my compagnons were a little angry at first but calmed down after I explained it. I was the healer of the group so they really depended on me being there. They had to find another healer to finish the run. After that, I decided this would never happen to me again and I disabled updates completely. Now, about 12 years later, those updates are still disabled and I have no issues running anything on this pc. Except I cannot run the latest game as those require Windows 10. But other than that, everything still works. So I don't see windows update to be that critical as my system manages to run without any updates for 12 years.

[@KHOmega]

It's not that your system won't be able to run, it's that your system is more vulnerable to viruses that can exploit vulnerabilities in your system that can do something malicious to you. Your computer will run just fine, but you will be at a greater risk of something infecting your PC and potentially ruining your entire system.

[@marioionion2]

Bro 💀💀

[@alloreon4338]

Idea: After 30 grace period, you're forced to use Bing

[@crabrangoon2493]

*heavy breathing*

[@revengecontusions11]

to far man.. that's a nightmare

[@UtfanYT]

Too far, Bing is a nightmare to me, like Vivaldi and Firefox more

[@UtfanYT]

@DDawnGames chromium based, it does all that Google does soooo

[@UtfanYT]

@DDawnGames aight, seems fair, have a good day 😊

[@yattaguru]

What happens if I don't activate Linux? Oh wait!

[@velvetcake5425]

What happens if I try to play videogames on Linux? Oh wait!

[@PierceMD]

@@velvetcake5425 Flawless 4K Dark Souls 3?

[@yumri4]

to not activate linux? i think you mean linux paid support which only a few distros have mostly enterprise focused and server focused. The OS will not change but when you run into an issue whatever it might be maybe a package for your business is not installing correctly or not linking to your windows machines in the way you need. Paid support can get you the answer faster than free community support but to that most enterprises will have a linux IT guy for that to keep all the linux machines up to date on security patches and the ones that need to be on as close to 24/7 as possible able to do so

[@MiserableDuck95]

@@yumri4 he's being sarcastic

[@Watched]

yumri4 r/woooosh

[@vladislavkaras491]

Thanks for the answer!

[@michaelzoran]

QUESTION: The 64-Bit version of Windows Media Player does not Rip CDs anymore. I tried the 32-Bit version of Windows Media Player, and it does successfully Rip CDs. I did a lot of research online and tried all the factors such as changing the "Target" in "Properties" and making sure "mp3" was at its "Best" setting, and making sure the "Media" features were turned on and making sure the "Default" output was the "Music" folder. Everything is fine - that is probably why the 32-Bit version of Windows Media Player works properly. But, why does the 64-Bit version of Windows Media Player simply "close" the moment I click the icon to rip the CD?

[@nathangamble125]

I use a pirated copy of windows 98 on a VM to run old games. *THUG LIFE*

[@teabaggedulol]

😂

[@adews7204]

Same

[@xormeoofficial1841]

Its the one and only Nathan Gamble (THUG LIFE) 3 months ago!

[@totally.normal]

911

[@johnnyblack4261]

Does it even run smoothly since you are running it in a VM, since with any operating system whether it'd be Windows or GNU/Linux such as Xubuntu (a light weight distro) it would lag, even if I am moving a window around.

[@MoeMentumBeats]

I see “ThioJoe” & “TJ” water marks all over the screen... am I watching an in-genuine joe...

[@BenCos2018]

lol

[@musichub7299]

*Comedy*

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

Before my current laptop, I remember my school laptop I was using before it had windows not activated, because it ran out a while after I finished high school. The only issue I had was that I couldn't change my background. I still had the one I set when it was activated so I kept my background, but I couldn't change it. That was Windows 10 btw

[@emilyofjane]

The answer is infrastructure. Remember when everyone freaked out when Windows XP was going to be discontinued because EVERYTHING used Windows XP? They probably wanted to make upgrading as easy and accessible as possible so that the computer infrastructure will be up-to-date and secure with minimal roadblocks.

[@SkyenNovaA]

I think they may have chilled out on the penalties because of Linux recently becoming more of a threat. Gaming support is currently skyrocketing for Linux and so are Nvidia’s graphics driver support. Also the ease of use of Ubuntu / Mint / Deepin / Many Others is just as much as windows. Not to mention it is free and doesn’t spy on you

[@soulless6804]

Also, probably because mobile Windows sucks and it doesn't sell as much as Android.

[@ramsamba59]

yea, good point, i didn't think of that although i use various linux distros for daily computing

[@johnnyblack4261]

Ubuntu does spy on you (or used to) and so does Deepin, with Ubuntu specifically they send your search terms to Amazon. With Deepin, in one of the updates, they were collecting telemetry or something from their repository store all though it was then removed. Also do keep in mind the company behind Deepin is funded by the Chinese government (since they are based in China) so its really suspicious if they are secretly spying on you.

[@ItsFlashAndNova]

Was on mint but now I use Manjaro. 9/10 recommend

[@johnnyblack4261]

@@ItsFlashAndNova For some reason I find Manjaro laggier compared to any other distro, and I have used it on two different computers with different graphics cards and different specs.

[@EuropeanMapper]

Windows Xp was very serious when it came to forgery

[@wesxd5292]

I miss Windows 7

[@LiveWireBT]

So, for me as a Linux user who in the last decade only used Windows a few days per year on private computers but still has legitimate Windows licenses on a few laptops it should be fine to keep a Windows to go USB stick around and don't worry too much about the activation of that installation. Good to know and thanks for clearing that up. I think XP was the most pirated and least privacy invading version. I almost completely skipped Vista and started using Linux out of disappointment when Longhorn turned into Vista. Windows 7 was the first release I bought myself after realizing the value of an operating system from a (Linux) engineering point of view. I've been a supporter of the changes that Windows 8 brought, because it looked okay for what I was doing with it when I was not using Linux. On Windows 11 it looks like they toned down the amount of unwanted third party apps, but it more and more feels unpolished like XFCE or KDE also with lots of things still missing that I love about my Linux installations. Well, with all the conundrum I think I will keep Windows to go ready for my steamdeck and the games which only run on Windows due to intransparent anti-cheat restrictions and game publisher politics.

[@dontquoteme8992]

you can enable dark theme on non-activated windows which is the only customization i need

[@nitro7507]

nice one😂

[@gamermapper]

@Martin Sekeres racist

[@lucifer8903]

Martin Sekeres bro, that’s so racist 😮

[@aretard7995]

@Martin Sekeres HA! found a racist lol

[@snakemanluffy7645]

🤣🤣🤣

[@miguelntirampeba4797]

Video: What if you never activate windows? *KSI has entered the chat*

[@sketchygfx]

allow it fam

[@RobloxOverloadGames]

Bill gates joined the chat

[@Shermanbay]

I used Win 7 for at least 7 years with no popups, no reminders, no nothing except the message "this version is not genuine." I forget how I got it in this state, but it is possible to eliminate all the popups and reminders. And no features like background choices were disabled at all.

[@okaro6595]

I used Windows 7 for two months before going to 8.1 which I used for 8 years.

[@maxifire32]

Has anyone noticed that the PC on the background when ThioJoe is talking have the windows activation text?

[@AntonFetzer]

A year ago, I installed Win10 on the old Athlon PC from 2008 of my mother. And I did not activate it. A few months later my mom asked me, what "activating" means. Told her to not worry and there seems to be no problem at all.

[@Bunstonious]

I believe they got in trouble with previous versions with the EU (I think) for disabling the computer for failed activations. There was also a massive issue with Windows XP WGA that gave so many false positives that they got a very bad reputation.

[@borisvolski]

EU is minefield for American manufacturers, lol

[@ghosty3034]

Windows 10: haha no wallpaper. Windows XP: activate or die.

[@Finnish2Stroke]

Windows 10: Haha no custom wallpapers for you. Me: "Downloads Lively Wallpaper"

[@toothybj]

Back in the day, one method was to create a restore/backup image and after the 30 days, if it disables Windows, you just restore the previous image, rinse & repeat.

[@artu165]

Back in the day you could've activated Windows with 111-1111111 that's a valid Win 95 key Lmao

[@anonymouscyborg5610]

@@artu165 oh thanks, I can finally activate my win 95 now

[@debew]

@@anonymouscyborg5610 xd

[@anonymouscyborg5610]

@@debew lAwL

[@countzero1136]

@@artu165 Yep I recently used that key to get Win95 running again on a DEC HiNote Ultra 486 laptop for the sheer fun of it :)

[@CoTeCiOtm]

It feels like Windows activation is becoming more and more Canadian with the years xD

[@BarackObama.]

I Don't get it

[@silverboy744]

@@BarackObama. If you don't pay, nothing will happen

[@jackyleonpozo7204]

@@silverboy744 thanks I didn't understand too xD

[@OsnoloVrach]

@@BarackObama. Canadians are nice people that arent that annoying

[@countzero1136]

@@OsnoloVrach Pity about their politicians though :(

[@airbus-737]

Windows: Activate pls Me:no Windows:ok heres a free key now activate Me:no im too lazy Windows:Understandable.Have a great day.

[@scoutkirby1764]

Way back in the day I daily drove a cracked copy of Windows XP, one of the biggest problems I had was when Direct X 9.0c came out and it wouldn't let me install it. Couldn't play a good few games without it back then

[@GalvinGaming]

The next version of Windows: "Save money, don't activate"

[@ok69922]

I activated my windows 10 for free LOL

[@GalvinGaming]

@@ok69922 Same here. My brother linked his account on my computer, because on Win 10, you can activate by linking your account if it's already linked to an activated computer, or something like that

[@ok69922]

@@GalvinGaming well i activated it with a command prompt command

[@gu1111]

@@ok69922 How to activate in cmd?

[@souland3566]

@@ok69922 how

[@5argetech56]

" You should always pay for what you use" Except when you're using Linux which is free❤❤👍

[@astickjohnny7814]

Linux is free, that's why it is not popular like Mac or Windows.

[@astickjohnny7814]

@OGkillaz94 Are you saying when you buy a computer, the computer has Windows on it?

[@astickjohnny7814]

@@Lynk713 There are some computers with Windows in it, specially in my country.

[@overcast3192]

But... MAC is free

[@astickjohnny7814]

@@overcast3192 Free!? In my country a computer with Mac costs 2543 dollars or more.

[@notme1048]

Note: To date you can activate Win 10 using a "valid" Win 7 key (the OS type has to match i.e. home / pro)

[@kubakielbasa5987]

Which is cheap

[@SluggishRain]

Windows 9x had the most extreme penalty. More extreme than Windows XP. You just couldn’t use Windows if you didn’t have a key, like XP, but here there's no grace period.

[@xrecovery9]

Never switch to linux orelse.... Linus tech tips will become Linux tech tips

[@togbot3984]

😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 next meme

[@jay999_]

/r/comedycemetery

[@markusTegelane]

Oh my lord...

[@FarmYardGaming]

No, just NO.

[@H4KD11]

What fuckin sort of joke is this

[@purerandomness4208]

I really like your explanation of the fact that Microsoft is trying to punish illegal copies of Windows less and less. Yet gaming industry still doesn't understand this: If a potential customer doesn't have money, they won't pay for the product, and it really doesn't matter if they are playing your game pirated or not at all. Actually, pirated games have often limited functionality, thus acting as 'free demo' for full game, which could later persuade the player to buy it.

[@shariqhasan6220]

Piracy only is an issue in games the have online multiplayer modes. You can't access the game servers in a pirated version. Single player only games work fine.

[@VestedUTuber]

There's a similar issue going on with CAD software as well. Dassault Systems is so paranoid about piracy that Solidworks has been given an active DRM program that tracks usage and license status, and they will go out of their way to go after anyone who tries to pirate Solidworks. And when they do, the user has two options: buy a subscription license at a massively inflated price or get sued into bankruptcy. Autodesk isn't as anal about it but they still get really pissy over "unauthorized usage" i.e. using a personal use license commercially. Meanwhile Siemens doesn't seem to give much of a shit about it. They might go after you if you try to use SolidEdge personal edition commercially and they catch you, but they don't seem to go out of their way to do so. The big kicker for the CAD software industry, however, is the absolutely bullshit pricing and license models. Autodesk doesn't offer any perpetual licenses, Fusion360 Enterprise is about $500 a year and Inventor is about ten times that, and while Fusion 360 for Personal Use is free, it's still a yearly license and they force you to use the most up to date version, which generally is increasingly stripped down over earlier programs. Dassault is worse with their subscription licenses, but they do offer perpetual licenses - Solidworks is either $100 a year for personal use or you have the options of either $2500 a year or $5000 one time for commercial. Siemens provides a free personal use license for SolidEdge and a commercial license for around the same price as Solidworks, and also sells NX for $10,000 perpetual. As a result, if you want CAD software for professional use you basically have to either be loaded or part of a large company. It's really difficult to get into CAD software as a startup company - there is a free license for Fusion 360 specifically for startups but you have to apply for it, and Autodesk will only grant you that license if they think you're going to be some up-and-coming industry-changing revolutionary enterprise.

[@misslonewolf04]

Window 10: can you activate windows plz Windows xp: activate window or no computer

[@SoftServeNeo]

I remember back in Elementary school with windows 7 that watermark being on almost every computer in the library. Though I'm sure they changed that halfway through my 5th grade year.

[@xp_studios7804]

Windows 69: sends you a biannual notification kindly asking you to activate with Bill Gates making a sad face.

[@Bablu69_420]

lmao haha🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GGamerLiam]

Windows 420: a once in a forever message that says “please active, we need you to”

[@muchotexto4248]

@cartman46 He will become software by then

[@ifjahdbajxhbdnc189]

with a matching uwu

[@countzero1136]

@@GGamerLiam Windoze 420 is going to be REALLY chill I think :D

[@eliaswaite642]

"Windows Vista is ancient history at this point" Me on a Vista watching this video: Looks at computer and sees mummy and gets "petrified" by fear.

[@skip4496]

more like "Windows Vista is anciend history at this point" Me on a Vista watching this vi - vi - vi - vi - vi - vi...

[@UtfanYT]

True tho

[@duoscorner8133]

if you use vista just move to windows 7

[@saturniunyttech679]

@@duoscorner8133 what if I like Vista better (I do)

[@saturniunyttech679]

Oh right, the extended kernel exists.

[@AquiVieneGioGio]

I didn't active windows for a year, didn't really make a difference but some of my friends were bothered by it whenever I streamed a movie or a show, so it bothered my friends more than me. Eventually bumped into a video that gave out windows keys at a discount and decided to take. It didn't change too much but I do like having a theme on my Pc.

[@jedstanaland2897]

The notice to activate on windows windows 10 will sometimes give you a full screen notice that you can't clear until you restart. The next thing about 10 is that you will have hardware and software suddenly stop working on the computer and suddenly loose access your data. They have been known to even encryp your data and your kinda backwards in the direction of how Microsoft has gone with how they treat their customers. The older versions have always had much better treatment of the customers that don't register it. They claim that they were much stricter with older software but they weren't. They are much stricter now than they ever were in the past. The next thing is that they have been known to force you to update your device to the new software and many times they have even been known to force data collection on users and have gotten much worse with this in recent years. They have even been known to known to intentaly increase the price of products after the fact that. Or and I really found this one messed up because they were the first company that sent out a mandatory update that would disable a device and and then everything that hooked up to the computer. If you want more information about this let me know by email or other method. These things I'm talking about were well known in their own time.

[@brentsummers7377]

For me the most annoying feature of XP activation was only being allowed to re-activate a few times before you had to do the phone activation thing. I had got used to re-installing Windows 98 without any activation apart from entering the rego. code. A few years later I had learned how to make system images so I was much happier!

[@BruhCareLess]

Nice boy creates an operating system with Microsoft office 2019(iso). I just use same own create iso to prevent MYR 60 for repair man and all file lost (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

[@Theunicorn2012]

For me the most annoying feature of XP activation was only being allowed to re-activate a few times before you had to do the phone activation thing. l had got used to re-installing Windows 98 without any activation apart from entering the rego. code. A few years later l had learned how to make system images so l was happier!

[@writerpatrick]

MIcrosoft would rather have people using a non-activated Windows 10 than any previous version of Windows. It's easy enough for someone to run a legal Windows 7 or earlier. The reduced penalties also help prevent people from using pirate versions of Windows 10. I'm running a Win10 Pro on my machine that I got free use of from the Windows Insider program.

[@oceania68]

Same here

[@Q_QQ_Q]

what windows insider program ?

[@seditt5146]

@@Q_QQ_Q Its a program where aside from the already outrageous amount of information Win10 is collecting on you, you agree to not only let them gather even more but you let them install experimental builds that often crash onto your computer. WriterPatrick has a keylogger on his system and microsoft has all his Email, Bankaccount and any other account you can think of stored on their databases whether he realizes it or not.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@Sedit T what is solution for that ?

[@seditt5146]

​@@Q_QQ_Q ​ Didn't say I had one. Best I can do at this point is Resource monitor(look it up in the search bar on windows) and download ProcExplorer(download it) runs as soon as windows starts so I am able to shut down specific resources for monitoring. Shut down anything that says telemetry for starters, turn it all off. That at least gives you some sense of comfort but I think they are lying and still recording even after you turn it off. Disconnect all microphones, they are listening and they admit this in their TOS you signed on installation. They also gather the first 34 mb of data from the webcam everytime it runs and sends that to microsoft. Look into the MCU for x86_64 chips and you will see how bad it really is. There is an OS under your OS, a 486 CPU that runs on your system that has complete control and there is ALMOST nothing you can do about it. Sime groups have been working on flashing a new BIOS to it so it can not have access but the main CPU is so reliant on it there is only so much you can shut down. Dude, I know it sounds like conspiracy theory stuff but its all true and has been admitted. Windows 10 has a built in Keylogger that watches everything you type, it records all sounds and 34mb of Webcam data every time its used. They also regularly scan your computer looking for any video or music file you should not have that do not have the proper DRM. IDK man, its really bad and there is not much that can be done.

[@BlueCuler]

I remember how vista treated me when I didn't activate it it was pure pain for especially me and by the way vista isn't my first version of windows so I faced this problem with many other versions of windows

[@okaro6595]

On XP the activation was only on the home version, not on the professional version so anyone using an illegitimate copy used pro. They later pushed the genuine windows check also on pro in around 2008. The grace period was likely as when XP came it was in no way granted that a computer had Internet connection, let alone broadband. Now for most people a computer is mainly a way to access Internet so a computer without Internet sounds strange.

[@GaryBeltz]

It would use the dial up modem and it could activate that way you also can call Microsoft on the phone but that process takes longer because you have to give either the automated system or the live rep each segment of the challenge code and it was broken up into a big long string each having 6 digits similar to what happens if a computer with Pro or higher enters BitLocker Recovery Mode