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Комментарии : 25 тыс.

@shris659 4 года назад

Someone: Changes pc case. Microsoft: i've never seen this man in my life

@pizzaboxer 4 года назад

@hoodiegamer9256 4 года назад

lmao

@33KK 4 года назад

@@johnthemannn thats the joke

@johnthemannn 4 года назад

@@33KK Ik, that's why I said lol

@marshidden4352 4 года назад

More like Bore Ragnarok.

@khoipham1657 2 года назад

Basically it's like this: -Changing new hardware -Windows: "A platypus?" -Put old hardware back -Windows: "Perry the Platypus???"

@callumferry3097 2 года назад

I think its platypus btw

@khoipham1657 2 года назад

@@callumferry3097 oh yeah I just realised that. Thanks mate

@gregoritchvonpleutravt6281 2 года назад

Just read this with doofensmirtz accent

@safararbaien382 2 года назад

@@gregoritchvonpleutravt6281 lmao

@ammoniahuffers 2 года назад

@@gregoritchvonpleutravt6281 VIETNAM ACCENT!

@placyd 2 года назад

Computer user: **changed their RGB fan ** Microsoft: Who the heck are you? **rips their license**

@farhatulmahmud Год назад

@mrperrpmedia Год назад

🤣💀♥️

@avegee24tv Год назад

@@Theunicorn2012 where is "the heck"?

@ghostpeel 2 года назад

I really don’t get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it’s just timeless.

@syedshaheryarrazzaki7342 2 года назад

Mine too

@HoroJoga Год назад

@@Theunicorn2012 l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.

@scamdem1c Год назад

@@HoroJoga l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.

@yag821 Год назад

@@scamdem1c l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.

@zootaxy7589 11 месяцев назад

@@yag821 l really don't get why, but this is one of my favourite LTT videos. The pent up passive aggression, probably, it's just timeless.

@jkitsme401 4 года назад

Everyone: Activate windows! Also everyone: *pirates games, movies, and windows itself*

@basmannetjeee-fr 4 года назад

I mean I don’t I buy steam keys for 30 cents for games that are 70 euro so it isn’t really pirating

@luisguerreiro8045 4 года назад

@@basmannetjeee-fr You meant steam activations or you just buy credit cards on the dark web?lmao

@bonjeben4750 4 года назад

@@basmannetjeee-fr those are mostly bought with stolen credit cards though lol

@basmannetjeee-fr 4 года назад

Bonje Ben you get the codes at a store

@CalizpzZ0 4 года назад

@@basmannetjeee-fr Devs would rather you pirate than buy off those Dodgy key sites

@anothertargaryen3805 4 года назад

User: *changes lightbulb in office* Microsoft: New phone, who dis?

@Hari-wv3td 4 года назад

Lool

@StarsOfPleiades 3 года назад

It's me, Versthappening.

@davidschinckel8776 3 года назад

Lmao bro best one by far

@abhinupur77 3 года назад

Most underrated comment

@trollloloololooo 3 года назад

@@StarsOfPleiades your joke is so cryptic but does this have something to do with F1 driver Max Verstappen?

@afishynado6812 2 года назад

The harder software firms make it to be legit, the more it drives people to piracy.

@scamdem1c Год назад

@@Theunicorn2012 The harder software firms make it to be legit, the more it drives people to piracy.

@PurpleBaldGuy Год назад

@@scamdem1c The harder software firms make it to be piracy, the more it drives people to legit

@SchitzPseudonym Год назад

@@PurpleBaldGuy it's not that hard lol

@andrewLoz Год назад

Maybe the harder software firms were the piracy we made along the way

@isoldmyfamily 11 месяцев назад

@@SchitzPseudonym That hard software makes it legit, the more it drives people to lol

@christopherhornervlogs7816 2 года назад

This vid literally showed me how to re activate windows for my new hardware. Cheers Linus.

@samsizer2919 2 года назад

"Literally"

@fleckx 2 года назад

@@samsizer2919 Literally.

@Saikocide 2 года назад

@@fleckx Literally?

@JeyAnirudhJekka 2 года назад

@@Saikocide Literally.

@justarandomhandlewithnomeaning Год назад

@@JeyAnirudhJekka TurboTax Free Edition is free, free, free, free

@ghkbftuvut8851 4 года назад

Windows: *still activated after linus replaces the motherboard* Linus: you weren't supposed to do that

@rarapas 4 года назад

XP and Vista were quite unforgiving, 7 was middle ground, but for windows 8 onwards to 10 is definitely more forgiving in hardware changes, especially when you used your legit key to install. I have been going forward with my 8.0 key -> 8.1 -> (gfx/hdd->ssd swap) -> 10 -> (gfx swap) -> link to account -> mb swap -> (various ssd->m.2 swaps) -> today :)

@SachinMahesh3 4 года назад

Windows representative watching and doing the whole thing happen hacking the camera

@lunotechan7342 4 года назад

My activation void after i changed my motherboard.

@Razadune 4 года назад

@@lunotechan7342 It will, it just won't necessarily do it right away. You can swap out the motherboard and it'll look fine for a day, but once Windows goes through and does its verification magic at some point it'll recognize the swap and require activation again (usually within a day or so).

@minecraft-wz5fd 4 года назад

HE EVEN DID THE BOOT DRIVE BUT ALSO HE COULD OF PUT THE SAME RAM IN THERE THATS PROBOBLY WHAT IT PICKED UP ON

@arious1644 3 года назад

someone: swaps a ram stick. microsoft: WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE

@leatherzeppelin_krystalserpent 3 года назад

LOST reference?

@realhumanbean7915 3 года назад

@@leatherzeppelin_krystalserpent Spongebob

@AshPikachu9 3 года назад

Copied

@Celery296 3 года назад

@@AshPikachu9 r/woooosh

@RaySizim 3 года назад

@@Celery296 how

@Ver2ion Год назад

i fully support piracy

@glitchedgamerz1064 Месяц назад

You are gonna get totally arrested lol

@spectralwolf3293 Месяц назад

@@glitchedgamerz1064oh shoot you're right, today I'm getting arrested for piracing a 40yo game that even the company made sure it's not even available to purchase (but still totally illegal to pirate, somehow) totally brainless to think you're getting arrested for piracing anything xd

@owtt473 Месяц назад

ayo pause

@CBY404 15 дней назад

@@glitchedgamerz1064nope. I'm not getting arrested for being poor

@mochabermon 12 дней назад

@@glitchedgamerz1064been pirating offline games since 2013

@timthomas9105 2 года назад

I had that problem in the 80's & 90's. While building a lot of systems and swapping boards, drives and memory in and out of my personal tower. Back then it wasn't a watermark. It was more intrusive. And I forget which version it was but it was a big window popup that kept coming back.

@wakkowarner3716 Год назад

It was like this on the older versions of windows. If I remember correctly, a fullscreen popup would appear every four hours reminding you to activate a license and after a couple of days it was every hour. There were more than those popups but I don't remember them now.

@littlelego Год назад

@@wakkowarner3716 Windows 98!!!

@Slipfox_xyz 5 лет назад

The reason that the PC you used kept Windows active was because you had the same thermal paste on.

@gibberishdump1610 5 лет назад

best comment hands down

@Dumbc0mment 5 лет назад

Nice

@russianotter 5 лет назад

hey everyone, the guy named @Make America White Again is incapable of getting a joke. color me shocked

@JoelErnstrom 5 лет назад

@Make America White Again This was a GREAT thread. Thanks for the laugh! :)

@Bahnschrift 5 лет назад

@@Slipfox_xyz r/woooosh

@lxcy. 5 лет назад

should've put "Activate Windows" at the bottom right of the screen, for the whole video.

@extrv4257 5 лет назад

Hah, then people will exit full screen to see the watermark, and realized it was the video lol

@susternak 5 лет назад

Hah, i exited fullscreen, but it's still there! This is magic Maybe i shouldn't change MoBo-s

@aigeee 5 лет назад

lol

@nostalgia5031 5 лет назад

So, So smart

@XorgAdminHappySupport 5 лет назад

@@susternak you have inactive windows lol

@MusicNerdMIDI 2 года назад

Windows has been making it more difficult to boot with windows without a key. For Windows 11, they removed the "skip" and "I don't have internet" options while starting up, essentially forcing you to enter a key. There's actually a task manager workaround for that, but it baffles my mind!

@one_step_sideways 2 года назад

just use AAct and forget about it

@LJCG777 6 месяцев назад

Used Rufus to make my instalation key, totally skipped that babyyyyy

@helennethers9777 4 месяца назад

Which is why I stick to windows 10, my E-cores can suffer it matters not.

@thejoman9011 Год назад

The reactivation asks: "what pc is this" and prompts you to select your pc from a list with pc's from your account

@gavinwalters2551 4 года назад

Activate windows is burnt into my 2010 monitor after 4 years

@HomebrandFishfood 3 года назад

Sad

@joshwilson4168 3 года назад

Sue Microsoft for a new monitor!

@deepakprajapati2635 3 года назад

I recently learnt the purpose of screensavers

@sleepingturtle32 3 года назад

Deepak Prajapati yes yes

@jayanthbit2051 3 года назад

@@deepakprajapati2635 oohhhh... so that is why they are called screensavers

@L3eh123 3 года назад

The way Linus introduces his sponsors makes me feel like I'm living in the Truman show.

@L3eh123 3 года назад

@@johnflorezz haha, it’s uncanny.

@liolio1230 3 года назад

nice pfp

@Pg-ch5nb 3 года назад

Should we tell him boys?

@bertapos 3 года назад

@@Pg-ch5nb nah not yet

@Pg-ch5nb 3 года назад

@@bertapos ok let’s wait till next year

@cpt.doomwolf3794 2 года назад

I had the same problem when I upgraded my pc. The hardware change was my guess to. Glad linus confirmed that. Although I'm forever stuck with the water mark lol.

@lliddle7616 2 года назад

I've actually seen that Windows prompt after migrating drives between computers and it works so much better and more painlessly than the old way.

@CuteSkyler 4 года назад

Everyone gangsta until Linus actually reads the EULA

@TJGermany 4 года назад

and EULA doesn't even apply in Europe.

@SkyGamer911 4 года назад

EULA? What's that??

@TJGermany 4 года назад

@@SkyGamer911 End User License Agreement. The long texts that you just click okay during installation.

@kotaspremiere2931 4 года назад

You stole my picture lol.

@TheLodeGhost 4 года назад

@@kotaspremiere2931 no, he was just looking for good hentai and accidentally placed it as his pfp

@rappatic8282 3 года назад

It’s not “pirating” Windows if it’s literally allowed to use Windows unlicensed

@nikolagavric6812 3 года назад

no its not?

@bhanutarun2212 3 года назад

Lit!

@dorianrandall9437 3 года назад

@@nikolagavric6812 Yeah, it is.

@Red-yq6nc 3 года назад

@@dorianrandall9437 not***

@aadisahni 3 года назад

@@noahw5887 yeah, pirating would be downloading the activated version for free

@samh6282 2 года назад

that was the smoothest sponsor transition i’ve ever seen.

@madcoffee 2 года назад

I remember I had to call windows before to reactivate my windows because I upgraded my video card around 6 or 7 years ago. I live in Asia, calling a US number is expensive and timing when to call was frustrating. I understand the part where you don't have to buy a key for every test benches build, you're not really the parts for actual day-to-day.

@FrxdWasHere 2 года назад

I also live in asia and they charge SO MUCH for international calls by the MINUTE, and especially on tech support calls like these, that call can last up to HALF an hour

@ProjectExteria Год назад

Funny thing is, you call a US callcenter-number from Asia and land in a callcenter in Asia. Still have to pay like an idiot toast

@postcardsandroses 4 года назад

When Linus swapped the motherboard and Windows was still activated that felt like the Gru meme come alive

@tcolondovich2996 4 года назад

Except that's not what happened.

@atube2993 4 года назад

T Colondovich Yes it was idiot

@legobatman2440 4 года назад

@@atube2993 calm the fuck down you idiotic bitch

@Angel_423 4 года назад

@@legobatman2440 dang chill

@zacheryconner3277 4 года назад

@@Angel_423 bruh moment

@cecuca1548961 3 года назад

Windows: activate me! Linux: Just install me, please.

@radu6772 3 года назад

I use arch btw

@M-Try 3 года назад

go (at least dual-boot) linux or go broke

@cecuca1548961 3 года назад

@@M-Try I have dual-boot manjaro and debian.

@SceneyK 3 года назад

I just game with a windows watermark and hardly notice it, downloaded it from Microsoft so it's not illegal

@damomguy2801 3 года назад

i use manjaro

@ryanr27 2 года назад

That was an EXTREMELY smooth sponsor transition

@starrykid1270 2 года назад

That was the smoothest transition into a sponsor I've even seen in the beginning.

@k3tsunami 5 лет назад

That was the best sponsor transition I've seen yet.

@HarryvandeSunweb 5 лет назад

Then you havent seen many

@DarkHit 5 лет назад

Ikr

@Shrimpin_Needles 5 лет назад

nah its pretty average

@MohdAkmalZakiIO 5 лет назад

Actually Linus have a good way to talk about sponsor they had without using new sentences.

@user-yd6bo6xo7w 4 года назад

Take a look at s10 review🤣He forgot the script for transition

@mohamadmashal3538 3 года назад

Me: Cleans out some dust Windows: What the hell happened here?!

@ggldmrd5583 3 года назад

Do NEVER clean out the dust from your computer ! It is completely unfair acoording to Holy EULA ! Let's pray for Holy EULA...Amen

@davidschinckel8776 3 года назад

Haha oh that's great man

@NYCDom 3 года назад

LMAOOO

@Jonesymyboyisreal 3 года назад

NYCDom there’s no way

@pranitmunjal9719 3 года назад

@GunSinMovies 2 года назад

Imagine sticking up for a multibillion dollar corporation by being mad at someone for not activating Windows.

@jesusmyman 2 года назад

its insane people actually care enough to get upset at him

@CoolVids19 2 года назад

That sponsor transition probably the cleanest one to this day

@keselekbakiak 3 года назад

People treat piracy like a trash, but scoop on them whenever they need it

@jungwirth984 3 года назад

Sure you can belive that to justify your actions

@flamboyant1994 3 года назад

@@jungwirth984 Piracy is amazing

@jungwirth984 3 года назад

@@flamboyant1994 Well sure thats a positon I can understand. What I think is a bit trashy is someone else thinking "Ah its bad but everyone else does it so I´m gonna do it as well"

@lurkhan 3 года назад

Just like you, always scoop your momma wallet

@nambypambylucassamovar4619 3 года назад

@@flamboyant1994 that's the spirit homie

@felurfalas4427 4 года назад

Apparently, a lot of people did not know you could install and run windows without activating it immediately.

@LH-nd9qg 4 года назад

I have a Windows 7 machine I have only activated because of quarantine boredom

@pizzagob1in17 4 года назад

@@LH-nd9qg uuhhh... It's a dead OS. Please tell me you had anti-virus installed...

@n00bsstuff36 4 года назад

@@pizzagob1in17 nah, we win7 boomers are all hardcore parkour.

@gabrielbrown1027 4 года назад

Where can I just download the os other than the Microsoft website?

@OnionYeeter 4 года назад

@@gabrielbrown1027 you mean activate it?

@tikkorome5752 26 дней назад

At the sound recording studio I work at, we've used the same C:Drive with the same Windows 10 Pro license since Win10Pro was new and a 1TB NVMe was still considered "massive storage". We've swapped CPUs, GPUs, added/removed/upgraded/changed RAM, and even motherboards plenty of times each.

@immortal6569 2 года назад

Okay. Of all of your transitions that was the smoothest

@emoneyso 4 года назад

Smoothest sponsors transition I’ve ever seen lol

@len1952 4 года назад

By far!

@skul6893 4 года назад

Indeed

@sayinmaster111 4 года назад

I've seen better, go to bbalbreakdown

@raihanaradhana2246 4 года назад

so smooth it's annoying

@rgrwlco 5 лет назад

If it was pirated, it would be activated. This is just Windows, unactivated.

@sam8404 5 лет назад

rgrwlco not necessarily

@zamblot3324 5 лет назад

sam8404 yes necessarily? Or am I missing something?

@EnderCrypt 5 лет назад

sam8404 wat... explain yourself

@lunaticgr2925 5 лет назад

Can you elaborate? How can they be activated if they're pirated?

@RodolfoStanic 5 лет назад

Pirated Windows acts like it is activated.

@FlaShDominic 2 года назад

This has happened to me twice. Once when I upgraded my CPU (Full System Upgrade) & second time when I downgraded my GPU . I eventually gave up on buying windows after that

@CiaraOSullivan1990 Год назад

I've never paid for Windows in my entire life. I had a Commodore Amiga up until 1999 and my first PC had a pirated copy of Windows 98 installed. I've pirated every other version I've used since then too.

@elija3924 Год назад

chad

@KoenDoesThings Год назад

@@Theunicorn2012 why did you copied the original comment

@gabedarrett1301 4 года назад

I thought the title said "Why does *Linux* pirate windows" lmao

@shikiaura 4 года назад

Same, it's why I clicked in the first place

@arafatgamingsomith 4 года назад

Gabe Darrett when I saw the title for the first time I read the same thing

@valaasbr4206 4 года назад

@@arafatgamingsomith saamee XDDD

@educato4580 4 года назад

was amused what Linus actually did!

@jakiki6383 4 года назад

I thought he ment Linus Torvalds xD

@loravis2491 3 года назад

Microsoft: "Please activate windows" Me: "no" Microsoft: "Understandable, have a nice day."

@VORTENIAN 2 года назад

Micrsoft: "Have a nice day and would you be interested in a free lagit upgrade to wondow 8 and following that windows 10" Everyone with pirated copy of windows 7: "well you are a shrewd negotiator, it seems you have me at a disadvantage, because that is an offer I just can't refuse.

@MrJaiimez 2 года назад

To be fair I've done the same, I fried my motherboard about 2 years ago, when I switched it, I had the same activation issue and refuse to pay for another license, so have kept it with the activate windows prompt since then.

@sadrien 2 года назад

@@VORTENIAN I refused because windows 10 is spyware.

@DelusionalInsider 2 года назад

@@MrJaiimez u can esasily..deactivate that prompt yknow?

@Joe_Biden700 2 года назад

@@VORTENIAN clear me one thing not activating windows is not piracy if you dont activate them you are a lil bit limited but you downloaded windows from original microsoft website then the window is legit

@xavierjiang7112 2 года назад

A retail version (not the white OEM envelope) have a activation code that can be migrated to one machine (tied to the motherboard) instead of being tied to a particular motherboard (e.g. OEM keys are non-transferrable despite saying it's linked to your MS account) I had a retail version activated on my pocket pc which I ditched, but I am able to use the troubleshooter and migrate my license to a thinkpad. However, as said, there might be a finite number of times you can migrate the license, and I don't see a reason running a non-activated windows (to test components with a specific motherboard) is a issue. Just make sure your own PC motherboard is tied to a activated code. OEM or retail.

@drbawb 2 года назад

This is the only correct take, the red sticker on the envelope is a dead giveaway. The reason he's having problems is because those are system builder keys, they *must* be preinstalled on a PC that is resold, and they're tied to the motherboard. Moving it to a new motherboard, or using it for purposes other than preinstallation, is actually a violation of the license. On the contrary the licensee of a retail key can use it on any PC as long as one instance of it is running at a time; and they have a virtually infinite amount of reactivations. (As long as you don't get the key blacklisted w/ a suspicious pattern of activations.) His use-case is perfectly supported, in a number of ways actually, he just bought the wrong license. What MSFT probably *wants* him to do is sign a volume agreement so they can audit him at will ;-). He could also pay a few grand a year on MSDN subscriptions - then his employees can use any supported version of Windows on whatever hardware they want for development/testing purposes.

@klopferator Месяц назад

Long time since this comment was posted, but my own experience from a few weeks ago prompted me to write an answer: I've built my PC over a year ago and used an unused Win 8 retail licence I had lying around to activate win 10. Worked like a charm, licence was linked to my account. No problem, right? Wrong. Turns out that each time I upgraded my mainboard BIOS Windows internally perceived that as a hardware change. (I don't know why it happened, but if you have a Gigabyte mainboard you better watch out.) And the last BIOS update just straight up deactivated Windows. I couldn't reactivate it, Windows and the microsoft support site said the key wasn't valid for any more activations. So there was a retail key from a boxed windows version I legitimally bought and MS basically told me to go f myself just because of some BIOS updates.

@trevinated Год назад

Awesome video, point well made!

@treescompany3462 2 года назад

What this boils down to is Windows is trying to solve Theseus's ship and Linus is paying for their answer

@karolisr 2 года назад

Underrated comment.

@kintuppa 2 года назад

@@karolisr agreed

@muaddibles 2 года назад

banger

@adriantaylor84 2 года назад

Wooo, I understood a highbrow reference haha

@CrimsonWolf69 2 года назад

100% right man. But AFAIK the motherboard is the 'defining' component. I do not recall ever having issues with literally any other part swapped, including CPUs.

@DeSinc 5 лет назад

that sponsor segue made me nearly spit my drink all over my monitor

@horrripillation346 5 лет назад

using bhopping to your advantage in real life

@thealandude9146 5 лет назад

Using bhopping to your advantage in activating windows

@marcosm.5015 5 лет назад

Go make my half-life videos

@GoldenGodlyGrunt 5 лет назад

Bhopping to the microsoft store at over 300mph

@PaperGunner722 5 лет назад

More hl2

@GoStormPlays Год назад

I have used the migrate license feature, which is especially useful considering how many old Windows 7 laptops I have. If I need a license, I upgrade to Windows 10 and migrate the license to another machine. This is also very useful when you buy a new computer

@fkweaboos2759 11 месяцев назад

I just say fuck it and deal with the activate windows watermark, already have for 7 years and I see no reason to change for $200

@sotovargasluiseduardo2129 Год назад

Fun story: in a Facebook group I’m in, a guy asked where to buy an OEM Windows key. Someone replied with a picture of a sticker with a key for Windows 7 (which is upgradable to windows 10) and said “here, in case anyone needs it” And that’s how I got a windows 10 license for free So yeah, if you’re lucky you can just ask around and maybe someone nice enough will have an OEM key from a laptop or something that they don’t need

@lyl_es9421 Год назад

do you still have the code?

@terrellheyward9239 Год назад

I once worked a job clearing out old desktops and laptops (mostly win7) and would snap a pic of the key before chucking them in the recycle bin. Don't have them anymore, unfortunately, but I linked like 5 keys to my microsoft account

@Gabriel87100 4 года назад

I love how every thing he tried to show failed. Just because he was recording it. Just like when you want show someone an issue that happens with you but it never happens when there's another person near you. lmao

@martinwinther6013 4 года назад

Its a law of nature

@user-eu2mg8lw2t 4 года назад

Or trying to do a cool trick but fail and as soon as they look away you actually do it

@eyezex 4 года назад

Double-slit experiment

@elliotpierson8350 4 года назад

Murphy's law

@andrewscasualmtb 4 года назад

Yep. That's happened to me several times with electronics that were broken, but go to the store and they seem to be working. Like wtf?

@wimblox2901 3 года назад

Licensed Windows : *Activated* Pirated Windows: *Activated* Microsoft : *Both OF You deserve Updates!* NO WAY!

@Mostlyharmless1985 3 года назад

Makes sense, you don’t want the security of your Flagship OS compromised by unpatched systems, and they both generate that lucrative cash flow from advertisements and shovel ware. Besides, their real money is from the software ecosystem and organizations.

@SteveOnlin 3 года назад

People exploiting the system is better than people doing right things and getting f*cked

@Mc4est 3 года назад

yeah I get updates.

@keyrix8687 3 года назад

@@kawesu8781 bro you can activate it through cmd :)

@UmarFarooq-jn7dt 3 года назад

@@keyrix8687 How?

@fragolari_ml 2 года назад

Gotta give it to you... That transition to sponsor was smooth.

@Bromund 2 года назад

I've never purchased Windows myself but I've always reused the same Windows 7 product key from my dad's PC ages ago and it still works every time even for Windows 10

@higuys7981 4 года назад

Linus, Windows 10 is stored inside either the liquid cooling for your PC or thermal past (but in rare cases it is stored in screws).

@abottleofcranberryjuice4311 4 года назад

Windows is stored in the ram

@XxnextoxX 4 года назад

@@abottleofcranberryjuice4311 Wooshhhh

@rigby4483 4 года назад

@@abottleofcranberryjuice4311 r/woooooooosh [esti din ro? :)]

@jefez75 4 года назад

what about the thermal future?

@nicholastuite8135 4 года назад

@@jefez75 nice

@alexsimon443 4 года назад

Yesterday I cleaned up my pc hardware from dust. Now my activation it´s gone! My activation hardware key was registered on dust

@davidtharwat7244 4 года назад

may be you have installed your windows when your pc had dust on it

@thelevhart7980 4 года назад

Try putting dust of the same brand in the case

@marcospinto9380 4 года назад

Wait for the dust to return is the only fix according to experts

@giovannivieira5830 4 года назад

Lmfaoo

@alexsimon443 4 года назад

@@marcospinto9380 no Sir, that it's incorrect. That will need a new windows key!

@voir-dire 2 года назад

Him talking about piracy hasn't aged well has it? Imagine using TechNet commercially when you weren't supposed to.

@mave7. 3 месяца назад

The watermark can be removed run>regedit>h_kay_local_machine>system>curentcontrolreset>service>svsvc>start > and set the value data from 3 to 4

@mihkelk1070 3 года назад

Me: Moves PC 0.0001 cm Microsoft: WHO IS THIS

@groovemusic9126 3 года назад

This actually made me laugh lol

@NYCDom 3 года назад

😭😭😭

@xxcattoxx544 3 года назад

@@NYCDom A VERIFIED GUY OML

@h1ghe3a44 3 года назад

@@xxcattoxx544 not verified, just a guy who puts music on RU-vid Music

@xxcattoxx544 3 года назад

@@h1ghe3a44 OH MY GOFFF A RU-vid BIG FAN

@KyleSVT 5 лет назад

Best sponsor transition to date, well done.

@TRYtoHELPyou 5 лет назад

KyleSVT..... absolutely!

@RyukazoZantesuken 5 лет назад

Agree... It gives me a chuckle xD

@billygray8863 5 лет назад

gooood job

@ToxikDnB544 5 лет назад

COMMENTING AT 666 LIKES WTF :P

@themonroe654hd6 5 лет назад

You guys like ads?

@youngverg1709 Год назад

thank god i found this old video of Linus talking about this i just upgraded some parts and did have windows and did the trouble shoot options and got it back

@bormarken 10 месяцев назад

Love the "Good mythical morning" intro skit here!

@lucian5389 5 лет назад

Honestly I like the watermark, makes Linus seem relatable

@averagegeek3957 5 лет назад

^^ this

@user-ue6iv2rd1n 5 лет назад

AverageGeek not just running a crack?

@incyzer8406 5 лет назад

i thought i was the onl one who thought that

@adecentname56 5 лет назад

Ur so poor

@lucian5389 5 лет назад

@NyaasuPanzer no bulli pls

@luimcfarlane 5 лет назад

That cablemod transition was silky smooth

@deltanedas 5 лет назад

Just like the cables at cablemod!

@talkashie 5 лет назад

i didn't even realise I was watching a sponsor!

@gileee 5 лет назад

played me like a damn fool

@Ghryst 4 года назад

took him 64 cuts to get it right

@ataready8810 4 года назад

669th like... ;)

@alertnessses 2 года назад

I remember watching this when it first came out wow does time pass fast it feels like yesterday when i'd watch youtube before all this covid madness

@everydaygremlin Год назад

wait, what actually physically STOPS YOU from reusing the same license? i've got like 5 computers using the same key, and none of them are havign any issues

@exoticdachoo007 Год назад

Legit googled "windows key" and found a working one lmao

@jimmyhoffa6797 Год назад

Some keys allow multiple computers

@V1TYA. Год назад

As I remember, you can activate up to 10 systems with most types of windows keys.

@pushpasharma5320 3 года назад

I just had an ad starring Linus, on a video from Linus. XDD

@squishylemon2641 3 года назад

Oh my

@pranzyplayz2423 3 года назад

You are not alone

@Kevindrm 3 года назад

Lol me too

@bravo55286 3 года назад

That’s called a monopoly my friend

@JakeyAnimates 3 года назад

Steelseries perhaps?

@MrSeon123 5 лет назад

People on the LTT forum: Just run Windows without a key, noone cares, not even Microsoft People on the LTT RU-vid channel: Ermerrgerd, Linus is a Pirate!

@googleuser8623 5 лет назад

hahahahaha. They are same guys.

@legiterizer8674 5 лет назад

Lol

@swagger0im0lachskost 5 лет назад

i had the same issue. i broke one of my ram sticks while trying to watercool them so i put 2 ram sticks out. afterwards my windows liscence was no longer available

@SomeGuy_GRM 5 лет назад

YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE!

@jacobcitron2278 5 лет назад

Seon-Ho Microsoft should just give him unlimited downloads

@borisp6804 2 года назад

I wonder if they have ever considered going with a Retail Version of windows, which allows you to move your license from one pc to another, yes you would have to deactivate the license on the computer it is being used on prior, but it works.

@The_Bird_Bird_Harder 2 года назад

That's actually how it normally works with windows. Just ya know. Like most things. It may or may not work. Personally I've missed several crippling updates because windows can no longer be updated without wiping my drive. For some reason.

@pedrogongora3911 2 года назад

I remember that when Microsoft presented the activation in windows xp, this was a combination of the motherboard, the processor and the network card, I don't know if it is still like that.

@presidentforlife1732 5 лет назад

Damn, i read it first as "Why Does Linux Pirate Windows".

@krismarone8905 5 лет назад

Same XDDDDDDD

@hoper7649 5 лет назад

same I was confused why Linux does until I realised it was linus

@lucy-oi8th 5 лет назад

I always read it like that whenever this is in my recommended videos

@aasiia8620 5 лет назад

WTF Thought it was only me ! hahahahahah

@AndreiTheManYT 5 лет назад

same dude

@Vienna3080 4 года назад

Me: *Downloads more Ram* Windows activation: So you have chosen death

@shumailkhan7205 4 года назад

Download ram?

@HurricaneSA 4 года назад

@@shumailkhan7205 It was a joke referencing a certain scam video and the idiots who fell for it.

@jayvader9023 4 года назад

@@HurricaneSA why didnt you just woosh him that would have been funnier

@_.1447 4 года назад

@@shumailkhan7205 what's wrong, Sherlock?

@shumailkhan7205 4 года назад

@@_.1447 i m new to this channel. Watched that video yesterday

@xornedge8204 2 года назад

That sponsor transition was amazing.

@ploodl7943 2 года назад

linus: films bug bug: *well now i'm not doing it*

@nahoj.2569 5 лет назад

Goddamn, i even paid attention to the sponsorship out of respect for that smooth transition.

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 5 лет назад

I did that too.

@mukulsharma5738 5 лет назад

Same.. So pro he is

@jamestai7860 5 лет назад

Same here, first time ever listening to the sponsorship

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 5 лет назад

Linus there is gold in these comments

@FreeStuffPlease 5 лет назад

Same. He put the ad in a middle of a sentence..

@hellcat7314 5 лет назад

my watermark is magically gone. windows gave up on harassing me to activate it.

@whitepaws60 5 лет назад

Hellcat it disappears for a while after starting up but will eventually pop back up

@UltimateMTB 5 лет назад

It re-appears after your pc is on for 4 hours

@23Coruscant 5 лет назад

@@UltimateMTB I just did the repair. Since then it didnt pop up again.

@ClaireAzi 5 лет назад

The only thing you miss with not activating Windows is Security updates, I think?

@Musicreach101 5 лет назад

It may disappear for a bit but your features will still be deactivated

@MickeyDaly-ko4gj Год назад

Never once have I entered a product key during the Windows install process.

@craigstephens93 2 года назад

I've always had custom-built ordered PCs, and every time the license was stored on the motherboard itself. Every time I upgraded memory i.e. swap out HDD for SSD, I would download and install windows fresh but wouldn't be prompted to activate windows as it's activated on the MB.

@afifhunter1295 4 года назад

Everyone freaking out because linus pirated something Me living in a third world country: I am the greatest pirate of the 7 seas

@facutheo 4 года назад

MOOD

@sz.cristi 4 года назад

Pirating until I die

@lanceuppercut6168 4 года назад

🎶Yo ho ho ho a pirate's life for me🎶

@windblownleaf6450 4 года назад

Me too. They call me Gold Roger.

@afifhunter1295 4 года назад

@@windblownleaf6450 you have the will of D, I see

@Koenigjay 5 лет назад

That advertisement transition is truly a masterpiece

@IamMortui 5 лет назад

The whole video is a masterpiece.

@Egirlstuff 9 дней назад

Once, I changed my computer parts, resulting in my windows key vanishing despite me not changing any storage... I left the activate windows thing for like over a year and eventually it disappeared on its own 0.0

@tritoner1221 Год назад

there's also a way to simply disable the watermark in the display settings

@MSched 3 года назад

me: changes my RAM Microsoft: A C T I V A T E W I N D O W S

@cycrothelargeplanet 3 года назад

Me: *Upgrades to windows 10 * Microsoft: A C T I V A T E W I N D O W S

@christopherdunn317 3 года назад

there's a fix now to activate

@MSched 3 года назад

@@christopherdunn317 I know how to activate for free. Logging into your Microsoft account.

@cycrothelargeplanet 3 года назад

Is it wierd how I am the only one that upgraded to windows 10 with product key and got activated?

@vaniljam5176 3 года назад

@@christopherdunn317 how?

@txtasosxt 5 лет назад

Smoothest sponsor introduction ever!!

@chasem.5455 5 лет назад

This.

@SuperTux20 5 лет назад

Yes.

@SHOCK2944 5 лет назад

Literally THE best sponsor intro ever!

@JP_RS6 5 лет назад

No matter how smooth cablemod is expensive AF, takes a fair bit out of any builders budget.

@MatheusPratta 5 лет назад

Like a pro

@bastian_5975 2 года назад

I find the activate windows prompt funny. I only have an activated version of windows by pure chance, otherwise I just deal with the watermark, and nothing ever happens because of it. It's kind of like WinRAR OS edition

@BulletproofKuloodporny Год назад

True

@c1tlr340 10 месяцев назад

I have a question about your test rig. You plug your windows ssd in and fire it up, on other videos do benchmarks. Isn't a clean install necessary any more or is windows getting more like Linux and uses the hardware detected at each boot.

@Pieteek 3 года назад

Linus: We don't activate Windows, because it's gonna be broken after hardware changes again *replaces literally every part of it and the system continues to be activated* Linus: ANYWAY

@egoworks5611 3 года назад

cuz windows don't check it instantly, it's scheduled.

@RohonNag 3 года назад

I recent faced this issue, due to swapping my NVME multiple times and also changing the mobo, it doesn't instantly deactivate, it takes sometimes hours, sometimes days!

@soulmourne2698 3 года назад

Thats actually true in march i changed my 2600 for a 2600k and it deactivated

@SuperInfinitezero00 3 года назад

I have done 4 complete rebuilds since I bought my win 8 pro key on sale for 35$ from windows. I have never bought another license, it always lets me enter my old license and never has been deactivated.

@klamin_original 2 года назад

@@SuperInfinitezero00 That's strange because usually it DOES ask you for a license then.

@mazenadel7905 4 года назад

I misread the title as "Why does Linux pirate windows?"

@reload54 4 года назад

I did also

@StewDougWatt 4 года назад

So did I :)

@mazenadel7905 4 года назад

@Theodor Comellas Rydberg the tilte it says linus not linux.

@oskar2219 4 года назад

it took me 5 minutes to realise you wrote Linux instead of Linus. lol im stupid

@hv4329 4 года назад

Same

@lizter. 2 года назад

It's not pirating if you're officially downloading the ISO from their website which is free, and installing it, and having an option to not install a product key and still works as fine, just with a watermark and locked wallpaper options.

@ALifeOfWine Год назад

I know this is a bit of an old comment but you can actually change your wallpaper on a locked os by going into the registry and swapping out the default background with whatever image you want. Only caveat is you have to restart your pc for it to take effect.

@moosesnWoop 2 года назад

hahah this was my problem for like 3 years of swapping out parts all the time. Ended up just leaving it - but recently Windows has a way better activation platform - apparently I have three licences that I have purchased over the years, two of which we're active - so all I had to do was reassign the liscence and then upgrade to Win 11 was also then available. MSFT has really done a lot of good work post 2020

@Onetwistyboi 5 лет назад

Linus really is the king at flawlessly plugging sponsors

@gino7460 4 года назад

@Jim A making a living by advertising isn't shameless.

@tredd6946 4 года назад

@@gino7460 Why is it shameful then?

@Hey_Jamie 4 года назад

Wow, couldn't be more wrong. It's clearly Julien during J&J Podcast and shame on you for your blaspheme.

@mars7239 4 года назад

Nah, he ain't the king

@austin2150 4 года назад

Gino Do you realize what you just said?

@hdofu 5 лет назад

"Microsoft Windows 10 has detected a piece of dust got in your fan causing a hardware change... Deactivated"

@LtMewS 5 лет назад

😂 hope they don't make os like that or people will stop using computers

@kitsunekaze93 5 лет назад

"detected a change in fan speed, deactivated"

@Snowcrash777 5 лет назад

Bwahaha! Nice!

@boingkster 5 лет назад

Pretty much. And that's why I run a $5 key from a reseller.

@WreckDiver99 5 лет назад

Closer to fact than people think. I upgraded my data drive...DEACTIVATED. I changed my Primary SSD...DEACTIVATED. Both times had to call. Both times I had to jump through hoops. They "claimed" that I had a new computer. No...I had a new data drive the first time, and 6 months later I updated the SSDs when I re-installed Windows. I'm dreading my memory increase because my neighbor got "DEACTIVATED" when he went from 16Gb to 32Gb in his machine...

@Ellipsis115 Год назад

0:52 Great way to leave a question in the veiwers mind and maintian veiwership while he does some explanations

@bluebird3670 2 года назад

Cable mod is the only sponsor who’s products I’ll actually buy lol. They come in clutch. I just wonder if they’ll produce custom engine wiring harnesses for my car🤔

@a.d.7491 5 лет назад

Actually the European Court of Justice ruled that OEM licences are completely legal no matter what Microsofts user agreement says. So you may be right about NA, but not the EU.

@KiWindows 5 лет назад

Never knew that, nice to read and know it!

@Carewolf 5 лет назад

In general most courts if most countries have struck down EULAs repeatably. License terms has to be specified at or before purchase, license terms that are told later or you are asked to to agree to later are not legally binding. The OEM deals are different in that they are terms the OEM agrees to, depending on the size of the company asking OEMs to agree to terms that might be illegal due to anti-trust or completely legal. But one thing that is completely legal in any case, is using one of those licenses if you get it, the OEM that sold you it, may or may not be guilty of contract violation, but that isn't your problem. And these days you get the windows OEM licenses from normal retailers, not from OEM breaking contracts like we did 15 years ago.

@auroraspace2392 5 лет назад

Indeed, license agreements can't override local law.

@lel2015 5 лет назад

Does Linus live in the EU

@KiWindows 5 лет назад

@@lel2015 me? Yes, in France

@PowahSlapEntertainmint 5 лет назад

Why would you pirate windows when you could pirate doors?

@bibibobs 5 лет назад

Well made point.

@bernoulli3023 5 лет назад

PowahSlap Entertainmint that’s logic.

@killertruth186 5 лет назад

Lol.

@porknoodle7886 5 лет назад

Is there a single video that you don't comment on lol.

@muhamedaliu5057 5 лет назад

Lmao

@lidge1994 2 года назад

Your segues are getting WAY TOO GOOD!

@MrLandslide84 2 года назад

what is that wall monitor!? On the video: Kinda reminds me of the warranty cards you would mail in for "warranty" on your drill/fridge/etc

@meowbauh 3 года назад

Me : Cleans my Monitor Mircosoft : Wait a min, Who are You???

@borb7391 3 года назад

Me: "unplugs my mouse" Microsoft: who the fuck are you? Hmmmm anyway, activate windows

@normandragot9927 2 года назад

New Computer, Who dis?

@achtsekundenfurz7876 2 года назад

GTA player: _gets their car repainted_ Microsoft Police Dept: "Freeze right there, crim... oh sorry sir, have a nice day" It makes _SOOOO_ much sense now.

@YugenOfficial 5 лет назад

I only paid for Windows once. I have a great view outside of my house that's why.

@pieduels 5 лет назад

@golden gaming and why you watching tech videos with a cringe profile pic

@skunkenn2838 5 лет назад

@@aceprolific9381 isnt your profile pic Maximilainmusses? Maximilian is a fucking fortnite troller

@freemank8207 5 лет назад

@@skunkenn2838 yeah, it's Deus Ex. He's pretty famous. You can see this profile pic on literally every goddmn video on youtube. I used to have the same profile picture, But when MaximilianMus betrayed Pewdiepie in his stream, I officialy resigned from the OhYeahYeah Army.

@jallad3801 5 лет назад

golden gaming that’s a fucking lie

@amolvijayachandran 5 лет назад

@golden gaming the cousin excuse LMFAO

@afiqterv_alt9621 2 года назад

yeah it just happened to me like last year ago when me dad was swapping out the memory card for my computer

@lilblinder11 3 года назад

Even if linus does an Apology video it would still be Sponsord

@xyamazing2725 3 года назад

“Im sorry, SPEAKING OFF SORRY YOUR GONNA BE SORRY YOUR NOT USING HONEY TO SAVE YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS”

@Roguhzuhguh 2 года назад

@@xyamazing2725 Thats genius lol

@SuperHandyman100 2 года назад

“I’m sorry for my actions…you know what I’m not sorry for? Today’s sponsors.”

@Googoogagafnaf 2 года назад

Okay??? He doesn't need an to give an apology.

@Googoogagafnaf 2 года назад

In fact getting windows 10 professional is just an act of installing windows 10 preview disc image and getting the media recreation tool and opening it and clicking upgrade ths PC now. And after that you should get windows 10 pro