US EditionNeed to Activate Windows? Microsoft Just Eliminated an Option I've Relied on for Years
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Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet – OSnews
Up until now, it’s always remained possible to activate Windows offline, by calling a phone number, going through a lengthy phase of entering digits on your phone dialpad, and carefully listening to and entering a string of numbers on the device you’re trying to activate. For a while, even, this was, as far as I can tell, one of the easiest ways to fix activation issues caused by replacing one component too many, causing Windows activation to th…
Microsoft discreetly removes phone activation from Windows and Office and imposes online activation with a Microsoft accountMicrosoft has discreetly terminated its telephone activation system for Windows and Office products, forcing users to use an online activation method only that requires a Microsoft account. The decades-old telephone activation feature that enabled users to activate their licenses...
A call to support was the last option left over years to enable Windows without an existing Internet connection. Now Microsoft seems to have ended this offline option, as reports from users suggest. read more on t3n.de
Microsoft no longer allows you to activate Windows over the phone, requiring you to activate over the internet, eliminating a useful option in isolated or restricted environments. - on macitynet.it Microsoft no longer allows you to activate Windows and Office over the phone.
One user in the Microsoft forum announced that he would no longer find the function for the telephone activation of Windows. This has now also been confirmed by several other sources.
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