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I want to donate my old work PCs, but I don't want to donate my Windows Pro licences. What's the cheapest way to get a Windows licence on a PC? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by letsgocrazy@lemm.ee to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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I have been struggling to decide what to do with my old rendering machines.... But they are getting less useful for rendering by the day.

I encountered some Ukrainian refugees in my language class, and some of them don't have PCs.

It must be hard for them to look up information etc.

I want to clean up my old machines and donate them... But won't have a Windows licence. I'm also not sure the best way to install Windows if they will be using Russian or Ukrainian language.

Is there a cheap Windows licence or free for Windows this situation?

In the old days I would have pirated it but I don't want to put them in that situation.

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[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Apparently you can activate Windows using this: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

(Stolen from elsewhere, have not tried myself, might be legally dubious)

[–] survive@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Half/most/all Chinese mini PCs on Amazon use this method. Yes, it works.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And then it works as a valid license on future reinstalls without needing to run the activation script, too.

[–] Dougtron007@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is how I always do it.

[–] timespace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Doesn’t Microsoft own GitHub now? This is actually very funny.