Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

  • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    There are offline environments that cannot do it online, this is bullshit. Working with critical infrastructure in OT networks, Microsoft is basically saying that Windows should not be used anymore in those.

    Problem is that OT is full of legacy shit, so switching to Linux is more easily said than done.

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      From what I remember, some of those airgapped environments still use windows XP, so they’re not bothered too much by this

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        There is every OS released in last 40 years running in these air-gapped OT networks. New and Old.

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      I’m not 100% sure on this one, but I think it applies to Windows Home and Pro but not Enterprise.

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        They killed it on enterprise too, we have not been able to activate in half a year, the phone number just stopped working…