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tormehlast Saturday at 8:03 PM6 repliesview on HN

Microsoft is the US military's biggest supplier. There is definitely a solution for this. And that solution is probably not available to regular users.


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jasomilllast Saturday at 10:41 PM

There are several solutions, and while most are limited to volume licensing, which, depending on your definition, may exclude "regular users", at least one is not:

1. Supply the code given by the "slmgr /dti" command to Microsoft over the phone or online from a non-air gapped machine.

2. Apply the resulting activation code with the "slmgr /atp" command.

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wolvoleolast Saturday at 8:19 PM

Yeah this. The common man rules don't apply there.

Even in Enterprise by the way. No way we pay the amounts listed on the MS website.

m463last Saturday at 9:36 PM

I would guess (no idea) that military computers log into the cloud, maybe it is a special (expensive) ms military cloud.

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wmflast Saturday at 8:29 PM

Regular users buy a PC with Windows pre-activated.

5555624last Sunday at 12:49 PM

You take it to Base Ops and they imaage it or they come to you and image it.

lostloginlast Saturday at 8:14 PM

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