What do you think of this method to get Windows 10 for free?

https://youtu.be/YvONuPGOuGY

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate it.

Yousuf Khan
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On 06/12/2017 06:03 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
https://youtu.be/YvONuPGOuGY

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate it.

Yousuf Khan
"minor", I tried to adjust a few things on a fresh reload once and I ran
into that wall several times. I thought it was a horrible roadblock.
But that's me, and no, I don't remember the specifics, I just activated
it. I had turned off the wireless to stop updates till I could make a
few adjustments, but gave it up.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:09:04 -0400,
Big Al wrote:

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate it.

Yousuf Khan
"minor", I tried to adjust a few things on a fresh reload once and I ran
into that wall several times. I thought it was a horrible roadblock.
But that's me, and no, I don't remember the specifics, I just activated
it. I had turned off the wireless to stop updates till I could make a
few adjustments, but gave it up.

I have a related question.

I already have Windows 10, but I just (finally) got VirtualBox to work with
ubuntu 64-bit, which means I can now run any 64-bit operating system INSIDE
of Windows 10.

Would this 30-day "windows 10 for free" work INSIDE the VirtualBox VM?

That is, I can take another machine, that is NOT Windows 10, and run
VirtualBox on it, and then, start my very own Windows 10 inside the VM?

Would that work, to get Windows 10 for free?
Or is there a catch?

Mad Roger wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:09:04 -0400,
Big Al wrote:

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate it.

Yousuf Khan
"minor", I tried to adjust a few things on a fresh reload once and I ran
into that wall several times. I thought it was a horrible roadblock.
But that's me, and no, I don't remember the specifics, I just activated
it. I had turned off the wireless to stop updates till I could make a
few adjustments, but gave it up.

I have a related question.

I already have Windows 10, but I just (finally) got VirtualBox to work with
ubuntu 64-bit, which means I can now run any 64-bit operating system INSIDE
of Windows 10.

Would this 30-day "windows 10 for free" work INSIDE the VirtualBox VM?

That is, I can take another machine, that is NOT Windows 10, and run
VirtualBox on it, and then, start my very own Windows 10 inside the VM?

Would that work, to get Windows 10 for free?
Or is there a catch?

You can run Win10 inside Win10 (with VirtualBox at least).

I cannot say what happens to the activation though.

Run it for 30 days and so. Or rather, install it, then boot
it on day 31 and see how it behaves.

Using

slmgr /dlv

you might get some idea of the activation state.

Paul

Yousuf Khan wrote:

https://youtu.be/YvONuPGOuGY

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate it.

https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you...se-windows-10/
"It¢ll keep working for the foreseeable future."

Well, that's until whenever Microsoft decides to flip the switch on
their license server that enforces the client to honor thresholds on
non-licensed copies. If that happens, you'll be scrambling to amass the
money to buy a license. If you're using your PC for games, yeah, no big
deal to wait until you have the money. If you using it for work or
school, the interruption could be aggravating to costly. No one really
knows Microsoft's plans. I'm not sure Microsoft knows, either.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:32:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote:

https://youtu.be/YvONuPGOuGY

So according to the videographer, all you need to do to get Windows 10
for free (and legally) is to never activate Windows 10! I had always
thought Windows 10 would stop working after something like 30 days if
you didn't activate it? He says it doesn't, and it there's only a few
minor personalization options that stop working if you don't activate
it.

https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you...ey-to-install-
and-use-windows-10/
"Itʼll keep working for the foreseeable future."

Well, that's until whenever Microsoft decides to flip the switch on
their license server that enforces the client to honor thresholds on
non-licensed copies. If that happens, you'll be scrambling to amass the
money to buy a license. If you're using your PC for games, yeah, no big
deal to wait until you have the money. If you using it for work or
school, the interruption could be aggravating to costly. No one really
knows Microsoft's plans. I'm not sure Microsoft knows, either.

If you're using a sketchy copy of Windows for work or school your doing it
wrong. A work machine should NEVER have a non activated copy of Windows.
That's just common sense. If it's for school the same applies. Most
systems geared toward school work are OEM based anyway so that should be a
non issue.