On 2018-12-28, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Use Removewat 2.2.9
http://windowsactivatorloader.com/removewat-2-2-9/

Looks interesting, but I'm leery of using a "crack" program which
Microsoft may work around at some point. (I explained to my friend
who is elderly and doesn't really understand any of this that he
needs permission from Microsoft to use his computer.)

I just spent a fruitless hour or so with Microsoft "Support" which
was about as useful and painless as dropping the computer on my toe.
This is an old computer so I'll probably just put it back to its
original Windows 7, there's still about a year of support left in
that puppy and by that time the PC may be replaced.

Unfortunately the owner uses some Windows-based programs and I don't
want him (or me supporting him) having to deal with Wine or virtual
machines, so Linux is not an option in his case. I guess that's the
only reason people put up with this kind of crap. You wouldn't put up
with such an inconvenience for a damned $20 toaster, but people have
to deal with it on their much more expensive PCs.

I will not go beyond Windows 7. Any higher is known to be spying on
you. I value my privacy, even to the point of using a Cotse ssh
VPNthingy and an external pfSense firewall. No one should ever upgrade
to Windows 8 or 10. I have not upgraded my W7 for years now also. I
would not be caught up in the Microsoft update crises mania or afraid
of not being able to run future programs without a system upgrade.
Only games and other childish nonsense requires that. A good x64
Windows 7 machine is all one needs in my opinion. Microsoft is not
making that many system changes, but they are actually trying to
convert people to running a Microsoft service, something that is only
going to lock people into a continuous cost system. I will go to Linux
before getting sucked into that. The only reason I haven't gone to
Linux already is because of the software I am using and written.