Microsoft-Activation-Scripts VS ExplorerPatcher

Or MAS[0]

[0] https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

this GitHub tool will do it for you in like a few mouse clicks

>! Hey you, want to activate your windows quick and safely? Use MAS https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts I’ve used it before and my computer hasn’t exploded, look it up if you’re worried. !<

I just built a new pc too. I was sceptical about the whole keys thing and didn’t rly want to trust giving my bank details to one of those key websites. I did some reading and used this: Microsoft activation script Omfg so easy idk why u would pay for windows. Took like under a minute and I now have fully licensed windows 11.

When you installed windows you can just leave it deactivated or activate it like this

You can use https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to change the hotkey

> Windows 11 brings absolutely nothing on the table

It also removes a leg from the table, the one labelled 'usability'.

Attaching a 3rd-party leg to fill the gap helps (https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher), but it's not an ideal solution

ExplorerPatcher

I had more problems with it being wide, merging all app windows in a single icon, showing only icon rather then app title, and not being able to move to top of screen

That may be fixed with https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher which restores win10 bar, there's no builtin solution to any of the above afaik

Thanks for letting me know. I looked into it, and apparently it's still even possible to activate on later versions of Windows with registry edits and helper software: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/167

Not going to install something that seems so vague, but I do use ExplorerPatcher [1] on my Windows 11 machines to basically re-create Windows 10 UI and fix all of the annoyances I have with Windows 11. I've got the old right click menu, the old task bar, the old alt-tab interface, pretty much the whole thing. Only reason I use Windows 11 over Windows 10 is because Windows 11 seems to handle my triple monitor setup better, especially when waking up from sleep.

[1] - https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher