I’m installing windows 10 right now and even though it’s not required to activate it, I’d rather do it until I can.

I’ve googled quite a bit about it and there’s no complaints, but I’d like an additional confirmation by the piracy community here.

I appreciate any opinion

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    As long as you are using official Microsoft install media downloaded from Microsoft (or verify the hash to ensure what you downloaded matches the official Microsoft isos) then you should be fine.

    MAS is just a PowerShell script you run after install. It’s open source, and PowerShell scripts aren’t compiled, so you can examine it yourself to see what it’s doing. It tricks Microsoft servers into issuing your hardware an official “free upgrade” license key. The one I’m familiar with as reliable is MASgrave.

    That’s not an 100% guarantee that it couldn’t be doing anything shady, but it would be incredibly hard for it to hide anything if it was.

    • Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      TIL about this. My son will be pleased for his gaming rig he’s upgrading his MOBO on in a few days.

  • taaz@biglemmowski.winEnglish
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    5 months ago

    MAS is open-source meaning anyone with the skill can verify what the powershell code does. This does not mean it’s absolutely safe and trustworthy but does give it a big plus.

    (the way I understand it is that) It also uses a loophole in the free upgrades from older win versions to 10/11 to get you a valid license from Windoze servers directly - it is not a keygen or cracker.

    So, I will vouch for MASgrave but care has to be taken to download it from the official site/repository.

    • gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      windows 10 iso are not available for download, so I used the one from MASgrave, dunno if I did something wrong. By the way, apparently my notebook had a HW license already lol