Best website for downloading a pirated copy of Windows?
I'm looking to test out Windows, but I don't want to download it without my VPN. I'm trying to use it in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough so I can play all my games. I also obviously don't want to pay for a copy. TIA!
The fact that this is available on a Microsoft-owned source code repository is bonkers to me.
Why would you download a "pirated" copy? Just download the dumbass Windows official installer from Microsoft and use the link Ardi60 posted. There's no reason to needlessly get yourself root-kitted because you were downloading an OS that doesn't even need to be cracked in order to install.
Are you one of those fabled pure Linux virgins the prophecies speak of? Untainted by Microsofts corruption? Or are you a decadent MacOS slut looking to debase yourself even further?
Could you say that last line one more time? Me and my MacBook Air are almost there…
Lmao this is a banger of a comment.
IM JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE FACEPALS. JIMMY PUPT UP PICTURES OF THE KIDS AND I WNATED TO SEE THEM BUT THE DAM COMPUTER KEEPS PEEPING AT ME
Best comment in this whole thread.
You download the iso from microsoft.com then if the watermark really bothers you, get massgrave from GitHub (also Microsoft)
Nowadays getting a pre cracked copy of windows is a security issue, also don't work really good as many times is the enterprise version tied to some online KMS that would 100% go offline someday
Massgrave/Massgravel is not from Microsoft.
I think they were referring to GitHub
i mean hosted on github, bandwidth/compute paid by microsoft
Windows is free now! No license required. They're a data company now.
You can actually just use Rufus to create the bootable USB, and it gives you option to disable telemetry and other tracking shit.
I'm not sure if there is a utility for windows as there is for Nvidia drivers (Nvinstall), which automatically downloads the files, removes all the unnecessary shit as per your preferences and creates a new installer.
I've used Rufus to create a Windows USB from ISO and I didn't see any options to remove telemetry, but that was years ago. There may be such options now that it's known how much they've become a spyware company.
For the actual Windows image you can legitmately download ISOs for most every version of Windows from Microsoft directly, you just need your browser's user agent to say you're using a non-Windows OS. Since you say you're looking to "test Windows" it sounds like you're on another OS, so you should be able to just download an ISO normally.
You don't have to download pirated Windows. Microsoft offers free versions of Windows (at least 10, not sure about other versions) on their website for making a bootable usb.
Hardly ever use Windows myself, but I'm pretty sure you can just download it from Microsoft and refuse all the nags to register it when you are installing it.
You can indeed. You end up with a permanent small water mark on bottom right hand side of the screen as a reminder to activate. Currently you can keep it like this indefinitely.
You cannot personalise the desktop but I think that is all.
You end up with a permanent small water mark on the bottom right-hand side of the screen as a reminder to activate. Currently, you can keep it like this indefinitely.
There are tricks to make the watermark invisible without activating Windows. It works just fine if Windows 10 is not your primary operating system and you don't plan to personalize your operating system after fiddling around a bit just after you get it installed. You can personalize it for about a couple months before the activating logo shows up; at least that's how I always experienced it.
You only need a key to activate Windows. Windows 10 and later will install and run just fine without activation.
Download the official iso from Microsoft, install it, then run MAS on it if you really want to activate it.
I used to just buy a key from Kinguin or similar. It's usually around 2-3 usd for an OEM key (only usable on 1 computer) and you can pay with PayPal. Never had issues yet.
Next time around I might try this activation script that was mentioned here though.
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What if someone wants to download ltsc?
Windows long term service (not sure what the c means)
Channel?
Code?
Yes channel, that's the one
You can get an iso for that from Microsoft or internet archive and follow the same steps.
Does wine have problems with some of your games?
wine has problems with a lot of games unfortunately, especially ones with any sort of anticheat.
The games with client side anticheat install a rootkit. I wouldn't install any if they paid me to, let alone pirate them.
Most games without anticheat work fine. Sometimes there are issues with DRM, but the pirated version with the DRM bypassed will often work.
I was using TechBench to download ISO's from MS without having to change my useragent.
Sadly it looks like the project has been retired in favour of their Files project, but trawling through that to find entries that actually have download links is a royal pain in the ass.
If anyone has a tip on easily finding the latest download for each Windows version then I'd love to hear it.
Edit: Massgrave seems to be current best option: https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media.html
The easy way to get a clean copy is to download it directly from Microsoft. You can generate a valid download link using the follwing website (just make sure the domain of the generated link points to Microsoft and nothing bad can happen)
\https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
As for the activation, I have found that the My Digital Life Forums have good activators available usually:
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/forums/kms-and-other-tools.51/
Edit: Sorry it looks like TechBench is dead, but this site seems to work the same way:
Just use quickemu, it will download the ISO and setup the VM for you in less than 10 minutes. If it doesn't download the ISO you can get it from M$'s website.
Also if you don't wanna pay and don't absolutely need windows just use any one of the many free Linux distros honestly.
https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php /s, but you can use the offical version for playing games and stuff without paying, and there are easy ways to get around the limitations (remove watermark, change desktop background, etc).
mint is garbage
Even if I hate to pay for it, the best safe solution get a cheap windows 7 or 10 key and if you want upgrade it. It's free. Pirating something like an os is high risk I won't do it.
Win7 keys are done for.
Win10 keys are the only hope.
Ghostspectre but it's a debloated version
You don't download pirated copies for your your safety.
Download official ISOs from https://massgrave.dev/ (preferably the business editions and install Enterprise,... or Pro) and then use the provided activator on the same website.
Side note: Enterprise is the same as Pro without some telemetry / garbage by default or that can be further disabled, so you can safely use it.
Just download Tiny11. It removes all the bloat and just loads the basic.