• anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Microsoft has been weirdly protective of their installation image downloads for some time now. I don’t really get why.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah remember that tool that could pull any ISO you could imagine off their official servers? Pepperidge farm remembers

    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 hours ago

      It’s so you can’t reinstall your Windows and get stuck with the OEM’s (bad) install. It also brings more repairs.