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ISO download from Microsoft directly. Use Rufus to make an installer USB. Click the "I do not have a license key" option. Who cares about the watermark.
You can permanently activate it with the scripts from massgravel: https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Didn't microsoft recently push something to prevent these from working?
They recently broke hwid, but was recently fixed as of 2.2. The other method worked fine still
If they have it hasn't changed anything on four systems I've used it on in the past six months or so.
HWID is permanent, even after Microsoft fixed the method that massgravel was using. It only affected new installs because people couldn't run the script to activate Windows permanently.
It's fixed and activating permanently now though.
Hm, I could have sworn I had read an article around here (roughly the last two months maybe, likely more recently) saying that the MAS had been patched by Microsoft, but now I can't find anything about it at all. Odd.
Well, good that it's still functioning!
They thought it was patched for good but after a few days found a workaround
As always. 😅
Personally, I'd never use one of these scripts.
Most PCs have a windows key burned in to the BIOS.
https://www.howtogeek.com/660517/how-to-find-your-windows-10-product-key-using-the-command-prompt/
I'd start there and see if it can be used for 11 or upgraded through the versions. Then I'd take a "clean" backup and use that to re-install in the future, instead of a new ISO.
Don't ever run random scripts from the Internet unless you understand every line.
but do run scripts that have been verified by reputable sources