ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRufus blames Microsoft for allegedly blocking latest Windows 11 ISO downloadswww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13
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minus-squareanyhow2503@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 months agoMicrosoft has been weirdly protective of their installation image downloads for some time now. I don’t really get why.
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoIt’s so you can’t reinstall your Windows and get stuck with the OEM’s (bad) install. It also brings more repairs.
minus-squarereal_squids@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThat’s a solid plan except when your OEM doesn’t fucking provide any (thanks lenovo)
minus-squarereal_squids@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYeah remember that tool that could pull any ISO you could imagine off their official servers? Pepperidge farm remembers
Microsoft has been weirdly protective of their installation image downloads for some time now. I don’t really get why.
It’s so you can’t reinstall your Windows and get stuck with the OEM’s (bad) install. It also brings more repairs.
That’s a solid plan except when your OEM doesn’t fucking provide any (thanks lenovo)
Yeah remember that tool that could pull any ISO you could imagine off their official servers? Pepperidge farm remembers